diff --git a/on-the-way-to-the-temple-2.txt b/on-the-way-to-the-temple-2.txt index a44d0ca..93ff8d3 100644 --- a/on-the-way-to-the-temple-2.txt +++ b/on-the-way-to-the-temple-2.txt @@ -1,2 +1,20 @@ Kral lined up with the rest of the Guard, waiting to head to the Temple, skin burning with anger. -The dwarf Omig stood with Jod at the front, talking about something in their language. +Calvin's milquetoast attitude to his parents, and to all the animals like them. +Self-congratulatory, masturbatory speeches, seemingly every day, about helping refugees come to Galvarelli. +But at the end of the day, political expedience would always win against actual progress. +He didn't get anything for his people by calling Mountberg, but at least he'd seen Calvin for what he was. + +Omig and Jod were working near the end of their hall in their language. +The door at the end of the hall that the loop had been in was covered in some red paste, and Jod was drawing intricate symbols on it. +The Mountberg dwarf was watching intently, while Chief and Kab watched him in turn. + +After a while, Jod seemed to complete his drawing. +Omig walked up to the door, and touched it for a moment, like she had done earlier. +She furrowed her brow, and seemed to grit her teeth. +As with earlier, she responded to some invisible trigger, pulling back her finger. + +Jod opened the door, and on the other side seemed to be some particularly dark and dingy cave. +The group filed through, Chief and Kab first, followed by Omig, Jod and the Mountberg dwarf. +After that, led by Hermann, the Guard marched through the door. + +Kral passed through into the cavern, and was struck by how severe the sense of staleness was in the air.