“I would talk with you, O noble priests,” I said.
Before they could think up a good answer, I was inside.
The temple was a small one built against the base of the pyramid. I hoped I wasn’t breaking too many taboos by going in. I wasn’t stopped, so it looked all right. The temple was a single room with a murky-looking pool at one end. Sloshing in the pool was an ancient reptile who clearly was one of the leaders. I waddled toward him and he gave me a cold and fishy eye, then growled something.
The M.T. whispered into my ear, “Just what in the name of the thirteenth sin are you and what are you doing here?”
I drew up my scaly figure in a noble gesture and pointed toward the ceiling. “I come from your ancestors to help you. I am here to restore the Holy Waters.”
This raised a buzz of conversation behind me, but got no rise out of the chief. He sank slowly into the water until only