Day 4: Months after the downside gave back the utilities, my wish came true. One day while walking with Becky, I heard a voice calling my name from one of the man holes from the "war". So I checked it out and it's Talon! Then, yet again, I ditched Becky and went with Talon into the tunnels to find the ladders that led topside. In fact, the ladder climbing took around 15 minutes to get to the top.
When we were topside, Talon showed me the water tanks and houses on the roof tops. "It was getting crowded down there so I convinced them that the sky was above the topside." he said in confidence. I was in shock "It won`t work." ''It already has." he said as he grabbed a mirror and shined the light to other buildings and other buildings shined while I was just hanging my mouth wide open. "30 families in 30 buildings" he said. I said ''well you can't really say you're downside anymore.'' ''Well what should we be called?'' responded Talon. "How about Highsiders?'' I said. He liked it and I asked what I wanted to ask since I got up here. "Will I ever see you again?" "So many of these buildings look alike, but I think you can find us if you needed to.'' I knew what it meant. It meant that yes, I could find him, but he was asking to not find the place. Because if his people were to survive, in either the depths below or the rafters above, they must be left alone. The touching of both their worlds almost destroyed the downsiders. Now I knew I'd have to let him go.
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