Belinda had gone to the kitchen and prepared lunch. When the girls and I came downstairs, we all had lunch. Then the girls took their mother up to her... room for a while with their bag of toys.I sat on the sofa and turned the television on. I knew that they would be a while. Luckily, Belinda had cable TV. I tried to watch a movie. Two hours or so later, the women returned to the living room. I had had a really difficult time concentrating on the movie. The periodic screams kept distracting my. De Varga was a good man and as far as I know never left his homestead.”I turned, “You have not said and the record did not hint at a wife or mate.”The commander looked away, “I have not passed this along to the locals. De Varga pledged marriage to a local woman named Sintha Mathison.”I nodded, “A Mathison is listed as a distant neighbor.”He nodded and absently picked Dragon up and scratched under her jaw, “That was why he accepted colony credit to settle here.”I sighed and headed for the door,. A mostly used First Aid kit and a couple other minor tidbits.(*=Hardened)(**=Advanced Attribute)(#= bonus to Health, Mana, Status points per Level, Luck, Charisma, Healing rate, Mana regeneration, experience per run. Restriction removed for learning new Skills, Restriction removed for learning new Spells. Ability cap removed. Level cap removed. Inventory cap extended. Boss encounter rate greatly increased. Hostile encounter rate greatly increased.)I was glad that I was sitting already. WtF??. Could the scientist observer still be objective as the subject of their own experiment? Perhaps that was a pitfall of participant archaeology. Too late either way, the experiment was well underway. Ahead of her was a path that was undeniable, and equally unavoidable. She was starting to believe this accidental destiny to become a Nuymean priestess was perhaps her one great moment in life. Like Achilles, she must choose to pay the price of glory or accept obscurity. She would chose glory. All.
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