Rationality

The once lively Hortus, a literal province-sized region, remained mostly quiet.

There were no more laughters of children in the playgrounds, no elders walking in the parks and no teenage couples visiting the beaches.

Not just the people were gone but even the traces of their existence—the buildings, the items, the art—everything about them was erased away.

Just in case, Alison requested Oob to scan everything if there would ever be a need to replicate anything.

Hortus today might've lost civilization and the bustle that came with it, but the loss allowed it to gain something else.

It's now pure, clear, rich and vast. But it's more than just that. It's a lot more than what a few words could describe.

It was the land where lakes of honey flowed, sea of flowers bloomed and forests never withered.

Abundance was the hallmark of this land. Abundance in resources, time and aura.