#rexerrat 01

“Well, I’m glad at least one part of this ward isn’t old and dusty.”

She says to the person standing beside her at the Water of Styx. She decided not to swim, but she was idly kicking her feet in the water- looking down at the intricate paintings below.

As she was wandering she stumbled across the chapel, so she was contemplating abandoning the ward and never coming back until she saw the water. At least this is nice- maybe she’ll come back.

“It reminds me of an art museum Dad took me to once. We never came back but, stuff like this is nice...”

Emma had hardly visited the Archimedes Ward, much less the Star Trail.

Perhaps unintentionally, she found herself avoiding places with sound infrastructure. She was used to wooded areas with little technology-- that was home.

But something about the Star Trail...

“It smells good here!!”

... Caught her attention. Of course, that ‘something’ was the smell of food. Naturally a child like her would only come out when hungry.

“People gain back... How much was it? 2% of their wealth at my rank? But... Anything times zero is...”

“... Zero.”

Emma came from a world where humans lacked a currency system, so she was doomed to never get any dust from ranking up.