With the escort's assistance, Dennis slowly emerged from the train station, leaning on a cane. He looked up to see towering skyscrapers, enormous street signs, and bustling crowds around him. He was suddenly rooted in place, much like many foreigners arriving in Oubos for the first time, feeling so out of place in this city, as if beasts emerged from a primitive forest, mistakenly wandering into human society.
Dennis never imagined he would return to this city one day, and especially not to find it transformed so profoundly.
"Sir."
The escort stood beside Dennis, reaching out to support him. Dennis initially intended to refuse, but his body was too frail to manage on its own, so he politely smiled and thanked the escort for the assistance.
It is only at moments like these that Dennis becomes acutely aware that he is already a nonagenarian.
"Time flies..."
