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I stepped forward.
The ground was cracked.
Dry.
A hot wind blew.
Carrying dust.
The blue sky was bright.
Cloudless.
As far as the eye could see—
Only a vast, endless desert.
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I stopped.
My hand moved.
A scroll appeared.
I opened it.
Complex lines.
Coded letters.
And a massive structure.
Footsteps approached.
Fast.
A soldier stood before me.
Silver armor gleaming in the light.
While I was clad in pitch-black armor.
"Commander."
"All materials have arrived."
I closed the scroll.
"Good."
I raised my hand to the sky.
The wind stopped.
"We will build it..."
"Here."
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The voice shook the air.
Dust blasted in all directions.
Echoing far into the distance.
From afar—
a line of giant elephants appeared.
Their steps were heavy.
Each footfall shaking the earth.
They were pulling.
Giant blocks of white stone.
Wooden logs the size of towers.
Piles of iron.
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The elephants raised their trunks.
Their roars answered the command.
I lowered my hand.
