[It isn't his first time on a bike, but the experience feels brand new, and maybe that's another part of the illusion. All of the color and light and nature settles in around him, an enhancement to the simulated reality. He still finds it difficult to imagine this is where Abel has lived for most of his life prior to joining the Alliance. The comparison to Mars is stark: here is life, and vast beauty, and wealth. When the vista is pointed out to him, Cain turns his head, silently awestruck to take in that sun-streaked view.
He knew the people on Earth lived well, but it's another thing to truly see it with his own eyes rather than a video screen. He trusts that Abel's recreated memory true to form.]
People actually live in those houses?
[Cain's voice carries disbelief over the wind, head craning to watch as they pass by a pair of sleek mansions with driveways paved up through a tangle of well-maintained greenery.]
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He knew the people on Earth lived well, but it's another thing to truly see it with his own eyes rather than a video screen. He trusts that Abel's recreated memory true to form.]
People actually live in those houses?
[Cain's voice carries disbelief over the wind, head craning to watch as they pass by a pair of sleek mansions with driveways paved up through a tangle of well-maintained greenery.]