- Kyle Valtier's POV -
The ruling elite have always believed that the city of "Zirathion" is the literal embodiment of God's heaven on earth—or at least that's how its rulers and wealthy elites try to portray it in the holographic advertisements broadcast on every corner.
Gigantic glass skyscrapers that embrace the clouds and pierce the atmosphere, elevated streets paved with light and smart energy panels that absorb the shock of footsteps, and air that is centrally filtered even from the scent of human sweat and the stench of poverty drifting from other cities.
It is a city designed specifically to isolate the rich from the filth of the real world burning below.
But the absolute truth understood by people like me—those of us who grew up in the dark depths and drank its bitterness—is that every towering palace, no matter how high it rises, needs deep, dark sewers to drain its filth.
