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    Six months ago, X met the Abel City quarantine zone Mavericks. Five months ago, X came back to them, this time for good. Now he has friends he can trust; a home in which he's needed and supported, disabilities and all; partners who care about his well-being; and the freedom, finally, to make his own decisions about his life and purpose—so why isn't he happy yet? Meanwhile, the outside world has its own designs on his new home, while anti-reploid sentiment is at a historic high despite the end of the Maverick War and even the Hunters have to play politics to stay off the scrap heap. As the Abel City Quarantine Zone Reclamation Plan kicks off and the residents of I.04053-REC: Home region registered. search the lost labyrinth of the old Abel Undercity for a way out, X learns the hard way that the past won't be buried so easily, the future waits for no man or reploid, that recovery is neither quick nor linear…and that in the underground spider's web of the world behind the world, some ghosts are very, very real.

    Maybe someday he'll actually get that nap, but today is just not going his way. Tomorrow isn't looking so good, either, but at least this time he's not alone.

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