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Authors: Kenneth Toles Jr.
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knights were also living beings, but they had orders to stay put and silent.
Brama had never been allowed to see past the hallway he was stationed in. He was not granted that kind of permission, but since I had already made my way in, there was nothing he could do. He mentioned that he would be beheaded and drained regardless, so he may as well break protocol and travel with us. I can’t say that I was sad for him, because he tried to cut me up, but I did feel a slight bit of remorse. Even though Asia wept a single tear down her beautiful face for him, he was smiling. He was content with dying with honor. I saw no honor in killing a man that risked his life to keep a place safe, but I almost took him out, myself.
Sentiments aside, I lead us on. For some reason, the hallway lead outside, then we had to go through another much smaller door. I assumed it was because they didn’t expect any intruders to make it past Brama and his knights. When we got to the temple door, we didn’t even have to knock, it was already open.
“That’s strange. No door in this world is allowed to be left open. It usually carries a very heavy punishment,” Brama said, scratching his dirty black beard.
“Well, it says open invitation to me,” I said.
Asia was still silent. She just followed me, momentarily grabbing my hand, then letting it go, so she could look behind us. She was paranoid. I wanted to tell her that everything would be ok, but I didn’t know for sure. I didn’t want to lie to her either. Once inside, we could smell a sweet scent, and the decorations in the temple were amazing. The curtains covering the big stained glass window were made of satin, and the walls were made of brick. There were beautiful marble columns aligned in a circle around the room. On the floor was a gigantic design of swirls and stars. The lines twisted around one another, with a small star in each loop, and in the center of the floor was a star, bigger than the rest, that had a small circle in the middle of it.
There was so much red, gold, and silver in that room that it started to feel like Christmas. The big star in the middle of the room was red, and the little circle inside of it was silver. It was weird, but beautiful. On the ceiling, was a painting of the sun, and it had a hole in the center of it that allowed light from the outside to shine through. It lined up perfectly with the circle on the floor. I figured they used it as some sort of clock, like back in the Stone Age. Brama assured me that the technology in that strange place was far more impressive than anything I had ever seen back home. That was coming from a guy who still used a sword and mace to fight.
“What time is it right now, Brama,” Asia asked, as she veered off to look at the entire room.
“It’s the time-of-day, clearly.”
“The time of day?” Asia was confused, and so too was I.
“Yes, the light is shining, so it is the time-of-day.”
“Do you not have time here?”
“Yes, we have time. Do you not observe it the same way in your home world?”
“Not at all. Right now, it would be around 10:00pm. Which is night time at home.”
“Well,” he said with a chuckle, “there are four times here. The time-of-day, the time-of-night, the time-of-birth, and the time-of-death.”
“That sucks,” I said confusedly.
It was all Brama knew, so I guess that it wasn’t that bad for him. I didn’t know where Asia was going with her questions, but I was curious. I watched her walk around the room, and I could hear her counting the columns in the room.
“It’s a clock!” She sounded and looked very excited.
“The room?” I asked.
“Yes! It’s a big clock. There are twelve columns, and there are six points on this star,” she said pointing to the big star. “I just can’t figure out what the circle is for other than representing midday. I don’t know how this thing works, but I want to know.”
Brama was silent the entire time. He had no perception of
Brama had never been allowed to see past the hallway he was stationed in. He was not granted that kind of permission, but since I had already made my way in, there was nothing he could do. He mentioned that he would be beheaded and drained regardless, so he may as well break protocol and travel with us. I can’t say that I was sad for him, because he tried to cut me up, but I did feel a slight bit of remorse. Even though Asia wept a single tear down her beautiful face for him, he was smiling. He was content with dying with honor. I saw no honor in killing a man that risked his life to keep a place safe, but I almost took him out, myself.
Sentiments aside, I lead us on. For some reason, the hallway lead outside, then we had to go through another much smaller door. I assumed it was because they didn’t expect any intruders to make it past Brama and his knights. When we got to the temple door, we didn’t even have to knock, it was already open.
“That’s strange. No door in this world is allowed to be left open. It usually carries a very heavy punishment,” Brama said, scratching his dirty black beard.
“Well, it says open invitation to me,” I said.
Asia was still silent. She just followed me, momentarily grabbing my hand, then letting it go, so she could look behind us. She was paranoid. I wanted to tell her that everything would be ok, but I didn’t know for sure. I didn’t want to lie to her either. Once inside, we could smell a sweet scent, and the decorations in the temple were amazing. The curtains covering the big stained glass window were made of satin, and the walls were made of brick. There were beautiful marble columns aligned in a circle around the room. On the floor was a gigantic design of swirls and stars. The lines twisted around one another, with a small star in each loop, and in the center of the floor was a star, bigger than the rest, that had a small circle in the middle of it.
There was so much red, gold, and silver in that room that it started to feel like Christmas. The big star in the middle of the room was red, and the little circle inside of it was silver. It was weird, but beautiful. On the ceiling, was a painting of the sun, and it had a hole in the center of it that allowed light from the outside to shine through. It lined up perfectly with the circle on the floor. I figured they used it as some sort of clock, like back in the Stone Age. Brama assured me that the technology in that strange place was far more impressive than anything I had ever seen back home. That was coming from a guy who still used a sword and mace to fight.
“What time is it right now, Brama,” Asia asked, as she veered off to look at the entire room.
“It’s the time-of-day, clearly.”
“The time of day?” Asia was confused, and so too was I.
“Yes, the light is shining, so it is the time-of-day.”
“Do you not have time here?”
“Yes, we have time. Do you not observe it the same way in your home world?”
“Not at all. Right now, it would be around 10:00pm. Which is night time at home.”
“Well,” he said with a chuckle, “there are four times here. The time-of-day, the time-of-night, the time-of-birth, and the time-of-death.”
“That sucks,” I said confusedly.
It was all Brama knew, so I guess that it wasn’t that bad for him. I didn’t know where Asia was going with her questions, but I was curious. I watched her walk around the room, and I could hear her counting the columns in the room.
“It’s a clock!” She sounded and looked very excited.
“The room?” I asked.
“Yes! It’s a big clock. There are twelve columns, and there are six points on this star,” she said pointing to the big star. “I just can’t figure out what the circle is for other than representing midday. I don’t know how this thing works, but I want to know.”
Brama was silent the entire time. He had no perception of
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