As the train picked up speed, the three of them turned to the long window that ran the length of the lounge wall.
There was no way they were going to miss this view. Not for anything.
The train station disappeared quickly, the platforms and high ceilings giving way to open sky.
They moved through what looked like the edge of the city walls, then Havenhart itself fell back in the distance.
Then the city walls appeared, large in their vision at first, then shrinking steadily until what they could see out the window was wide, flat grassland stretching towards a tree line at the horizon.
Lukas watched it go, a feeling of farewell in his heart.
He'd arrived in this world with nothing but a dead boy's body, a house that was falling apart, and a [Thief] class that nobody wanted in their party.
But he'd faced it all with determination that came with knowing he had nothing to lose and everything to gain.
