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*Holds my finger to my chin, keeping my eyes on the road and a hand on the wheel for a few moments before finally speaking*
No. I don't think we do. Maybe just people trying to get past the past their own way.


*Thinks for a long moment, seemingly on the verge of saying something before deciding against it and looking back out the window*
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*Thinks for a long moment, seemingly on the verge of saying something before deciding against it and looking back out the window*


*In silence, drives into the city, a strange fusion of rural and mechanical, exposed gears scattered throughout and automated components combined with hand-crafted designs, with slow steam billowing out from various pipes*
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*In silence, drives into the city, a strange fusion of rural and mechanical, exposed gears scattered throughout and automated components combined with hand-crafted designs, with slow steam billowing out from various pipes*


This place is way more steampunk than I pictured based on the castle. This is crazy.
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This place is way more steampunk than I pictured based on the castle. This is crazy.


From what I was told, they held onto steam power for a long time before they discovered new forms of energy. But at that point, steam was so important that they couldn't retrofit their entire town. So now it's a hybrid.
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From what I was told, they held onto steam power for a long time before they discovered new forms of energy. But at that point, steam was so important that they couldn't retrofit their entire town. So now it's a hybrid.


At least it's clean.
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At least it's clean.


*Pulls into a small lift that lowers the car deep into the ground with a complex pulley system*
The steam part is. You still have to heat up the water.
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*Pulls into a small lift that lowers the car deep into the ground with a complex pulley system*
The steam part is. You still have to heat up the water.


Ah, so maybe things aren't as different as they seem then.
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Ah, so maybe things aren't as different as they seem then.


This car runs on hydrogen batteries. The pipes are to make sure steam-powered accessories work.
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This car runs on hydrogen batteries. The pipes are to make sure steam-powered accessories work.


Accessories?
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Accessories?


*Pulls into an underground lot and parks next to another vehicle lined with tubes alongside its outer perimeter*
Accessories like those. All battery cars have steam outports for these.
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*Pulls into an underground lot and parks next to another vehicle lined with tubes alongside its outer perimeter*
Accessories like those. All battery cars have steam outports for these.


Huh. So no, like, radios or anything like that.
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Huh. So no, like, radios or anything like that.


They have radio, but not much else wirelessly.
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They have radio, but not much else wirelessly.


Neat. Should show me what kind of music they have here on the way back.
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Neat. Should show me what kind of music they have here on the way back.


Sure, we can tune in.
*Taps the pipes on the other car*
Also, these light up.
*Walks toward a set of rectangle cutouts in the bronze wall*
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Sure, we can tune in.
*Taps the pipes on the other car*
Also, these light up.
*Walks toward a set of rectangle cutouts in the bronze wall*


Ooh, nice.
*Steps out of the car myself*
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Ooh, nice.
*Steps out of the car myself*


*When we reach the inset holes, a small lift moves up on one side and a few moments later another moves down on the other*
Get ready.
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*When we reach the inset holes, a small lift moves up on one side and a few moments later another moves down on the other*
Get ready.


Elevator?
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Elevator?


Yep. Just don't trip.
*The next one slows when it nears our floor and the top of the lift peeks out*
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Yep. Just don't trip.
*The next one slows when it nears our floor and the top of the lift peeks out*


I’m not that clumsy.
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I’m not that clumsy.


Right.
*Hops in*
It's pretty dangerous though.
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