The air rippled in front of us. A circular doorway appeared— a swirling vortex of golden sand—and Leonid and I jumped through.
I’d like to say my spell worked perfectly and we ended up in the First Nome. Sadly, I was a bit off the mark.
The portal spit us out roughly a hundred meters above Cairo. I found myself free-falling through the cool night air toward the city lights below.

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