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Magic had allowed this era to transcend itself, and this was no mere platitude.
The tallest building in Cassandra was Dawnlight Cathedral, and when the sun rose, it always managed to catch a slice of sunlight, like the tallest tree in the forest.
But before Lyle, in this City of Wandering he had stepped into, the lofty stature of Dawnlight Cathedral was like a dwarf only half his size.
The spires on either side seemed almost to pierce the sky, while the sky above looked like tattered scraps of cloth strewn over the massive Gothic buildings. Looking up was like peering out from the bottom of a well.
