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"Kevin… Ashton."
I hadn't expected to encounter his name here, yet perhaps I should have. Whenever I brushed against beings that dwelled beyond the veil of the world, Ashton's name always surfaced as if by design.
"Why? Is he one of your favorite authors?"
Naneow's tone carried no particular emotion. Maybe it was no surprise. I was probably the only one whose stats rose and whose mysterious Assimilation Rate dropped just by looking at Ashton's books.
"Something like that."
I let the subject drift away after giving a vague answer. I had spoken of regression and absorbing Lurium, but the Assimilation Rate was something I had never revealed to anyone.
"That's interesting," Naneow commented.
"What is?" I asked.
"Look at the cover."
I turned my gaze to the book's cover, which I had ignored in my surprise at seeing Kevin Ashton's name. The faded illustration showed a massive wheel beneath countless interlocked cogs. The wheel itself was slightly warped, its ends linked together in the center, meshing the front and back. A silver liquid writhed along its surface as if it were alive, flowing and twisting around it. I stared blankly at the point where the ends jo...
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