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The revolving door into the lobby of MetaHuman Tower has long since shattered. The two of you step through its frame. The interior of the building is dusty, gloomy, wrecked. A few bold plants have made tentative essays up through cracks in the floor.

A loud ping makes you jump. An elevator reaches the ground floor, and its doors open invitingly.

"There's a working elevator? With power?" asks Mekk, astonished. "The building doesn't even have its upper floors.

"Not all of the elevator machine rooms are in the top part of the building," you tell him, from memory. "Several elevators don't service the upper floors. As for the power, I have no idea."

Mekk gives you a curious look.

You ignore it, and nod toward a doorway leading out to a stairwell. "Looks like the stairs are wrecked, anyway." It's true. The doors have fallen from their hinges, and you can see that the stairwell is little more than rubble.

"We've come this far," says Mekk. And the two of you step inside the elevator. The elevator doors close behind you, and it begins to rise.

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