"Xisone... we can have him help us leave..."
Professor Hagrid recalled the betrayal that clawed at his heart.
"He's one of the camp."
Professor Hagrid shook his head gently: "Xisone is pure, I know that, it's my wife... Mim who has bewitched him. Maybe I can have him help us."
"Where to find him." Lu Li said no more.
"I don't know..."
The dim house fell silent.
Lu Li moved to the window, peering into the outside world through the dust-laden glass.
Red glows flitted by occasionally; the camp's Heretics trusted the eyeball completely, and there were no patrolling figures on the distant streets.
"Let's go back." Lu Li said.
The door opened a crack, and like Lu Li, Professor Hagrid extinguished the oil lamp, silently stepping onto the dark noon surface.
In the distance, the silent Midnight City seemed both near and unattainable, with the shadow of the World Tree symbolizing human civilization alongside the four Alchemical Towers flickering with dim light.
