01 Babylon Rising
“Murphy was sitting in Isis’s disaster-area-passing-as-an-office and feeling quite at home. “I wish there were some way I could repay you. But there’s no way you’re coming to Tar-Qasir. I’m going to leave the Serpent’s tail here at the foundation for the time being for safekeeping, then I’m going to arrange for a trip to the Mideast to find the the rest of it. By myself.”
“But what if you do find the second piece in Tar-Qasir?” Isis insisted. “You’ll need me to translate whatever’s inscribed on it. I’m the only one who can do it.” She was aware that her voice was becoming more shrill as her anger flared, but she didn’t care.
“You’ve walked me through the inscription on the tail. I think I’ve got a feel for it now. I’ll call you if I get stuck.”
She snorted in derision. “Hah! You wouldn’t know where to start. I don’t think you’d know this kind of cuneiform from a hole in the ground—which, considering that you’re an archaeologist and I’m a philologist, makes a certain amount ...of sense, don’t you think?”MoreLess
“But what if you do find the second piece in Tar-Qasir?” Isis insisted. “You’ll need me to translate whatever’s inscribed on it. I’m the only one who can do it.” She was aware that her voice was becoming more shrill as her anger flared, but she didn’t care.
“You’ve walked me through the inscription on the tail. I think I’ve got a feel for it now. I’ll call you if I get stuck.”
She snorted in derision. “Hah! You wouldn’t know where to start. I don’t think you’d know this kind of cuneiform from a hole in the ground—which, considering that you’re an archaeologist and I’m a philologist, makes a certain amount ...of sense, don’t you think?”MoreLess
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