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Chapter 15: City of Stones
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They began walking around, navigating their way through the giant boulders. Daniel and Katherine kept their hoods on. They bumped into some people who are walking at opposite directions. They kept on walking until they arrived at a marketplace. The stalls around the market are made out of bricks. Meat and vegetable products are displayed at the stalls.  A lot of people are walking around ,carrying bags. They felt the ground rumbled.  They looked around and saw a man riding a circular vehicle made out of rocks. People around them are transacting with the merchants.  The man riding the vehicle approached them. He handed them a scroll. Daniel grabs it. He unrolled it and saw their cartographic sketch. 

"Oh shit! We've been compromised!" He showed the scroll to Katherine and Virgil. 

"We have to move quickly," sai

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