abomination in its place." "That city could hold all the clans of all the P€cples of the Plains and len times more besides. "we retum horne ro find our lodges ravaged and lhis. "I wonder who built it?" "It's a nightrnare," murmured Cloud Runner. "That is where llme Bear's metal ax€ came from," said Two Heads Talking, lowering himself b rh€ ground b€side cloud Runner. Smog driJted everywhere, occasionally obscuring lhe grimy city and ils reeming inlabiranh. From huge stone barracks, p€oPle swarmed through the streets towards enormous, brick factories.
As Cloud Rwmer wathed, he srw herd elk being driven sque3ling frorn barges bwards great aballoirs within the watls. Outside lhe walls, the river ran black with poisons. Great smokeshcks loorned in lhe disrance, belching acrid chcmical clouds inlo the g.eyish sky. It covered many niles and was enclosed by monolithic walls. It was an uSly place rhat reminded him of the hiveworlds he had. From the brow of the hill, he studied ir through magnoculars. DEATHWilte otreN and ordered l-am€ Bear to land the dropship in a valley, out of sighl of ils walls.
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