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I turn to face the pyramid, place my hand on its surface, and bow my head. After a short pause, I face the man once more and give him a single nod. Heh, he shows signs of reverence and awe.
"The...The town is this way, no small walk from the depths of the jungle where we stand. That is, hmrn, if I manage to lose my way again..." I hear him clear his throat. "But, ah! It would truly send the town into jubilations if you could face this merciless sovereign! Though I understand it is quite a bit of responsibility I am throwing into your hands...My heart yet soars at any chance, no matter how minuscule."
We walk for some distance--I'm not sure how long, my sense of time is severely warped, though the sun dove beneath the horizon quite awhile ago--before he speaks up again.
"...Hmn, I suppose I should mention: it is very important you get to her before the sun rises. She is most active at night, while only her minions roam the town during daylight hours. We have tried hiring paladins and prophets to extinguish these minions and even the evil queen herself, but it appears it only serves to diminish the symptom rather than the problem...And when day turns to night, and night turns to day, we often find individuals missing and her minions replenished. It is suspected the missing individuals are...were transfigured into...O, the thought of it--horrible, simply horrible!" The monk seems as if he is about to weep, I'm unsure of how to console him.
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