“I had seen civilizations end before. I thought that would make this one easier to accept. It did not. Knowing that something can end does very little to prepare you for losing the particular things you loved within it.”

— Gabriel Voss

“I am not sure I did realize it. Not then. We spoke constantly about rebuilding, restoring order, putting things back together. I think it took me much longer to understand that we were not rebuilding the world we had lost. We were building another one.”

— Rhea Kaelis

— Those Who Remember

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