Only as the vehicle zoomed away into the night did the pieces click into place.
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Some distance away from Maximillian's residential complex was a vast plaza, typically serving as one of the city's traditional open-air cinemas. Under the usually starlit sky, a different movie flickered to life each night, casting a hypnotic glow across rows of parked cars. Moviegoers were allowed to enjoy the show from the comfort of their own vehicles after paying the hourly parking fee.
No movies were played during rainy nights. And yet, on this particular rainy night, a lone hover car posed an anomaly. It glided into the deserted plaza, its headlights slicing through the downpour. The attendant of the ticket counter, a man whose boredom mirrored the empty lot, raised an eyebrow as the vehicle deposited its payment, enough to watch for four hours.
