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"And it was Fay who brought it up to my attention."

Hearing those words, Fay turned her head over and looked at me. 

At this point, she didn't really need to contribute much to keep the maglev running. In all honesty, I didn't need to bother with it either, given how the onboard AI has long since surpassed our ability to process the vectors of movements necessary to keep our momentum growing just like we grew our distance to the barrier. 

It was only the influence of this barrier that barred me from leaving everything to the AI, with how we had to use our own perception to notice whether this damn place would try to slow us down or bar us from moving away from the barrier. 

'It won't be long before we will be able to leave it to the AI, though,' I thought, sensing how with each change of what the barrier focused on, its influence grew smaller and smaller.