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I guess it's something you were all just used to at that point.
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There were some safe zones, but the few left places of earth were major cities of old. The fire changed the structure of the continents compared to other Earths. My home was once Tokyo, Japan. But after my involvement, we were able to expand the safe land and now a large portion of New Earth, as we call it, is safe from the Fire.