Varyon's orbital city hovered between starlight and twilight, the towers spiking out into the clouds like shards of glinting glass. It seemed serene from a distance, but beneath the gleaming exterior was a persistent thrum that never ceased — the pulsation of the Neuroflux, the interconnected net of minds linking billions in harmony. Man had once believed it to be the epitome of progress, a virtual paradise in which the mind conquered the body.
