“I’ll be fine, Mother,” Martia said. Elaine’s air kisses didn’t even come close to Martia’s cheeks. The sun shone brightly outside the Contra Costa County Quasiverse Tunnel Station, otherwise known as the Concord Quasiverse Tunnel Station, otherwise known as the Mt. Diablo Quasiverse Tunnel Station, otherwise known as the Herman C. Gutierrez Quasiverse Tunnel Station, otherwise known locally as the East Quasi Tunnel Station. For many, it was more than fitting it should be called so many things, given that it opened into an area of such high volatility. This was the smaller of the two West Coast tunnels in North America. It accessed, at present, only thirteen active nodes—as opposed to the Mt. Tamalpais Quasiverse Tunnel Station, otherwise known as the Marin County Quasiverse Tunnel Stati