Paradise And Elsewhere (2014)
“He looks cool in his loose white suit and dark glasses; we, fresh from the dark-windowed hover-bug, are reeling in the desert heat.
“Ladies and gentlemen, I don’t believe in false modesty so I can tell you that you’re fortunate to have me as your official guide for today! Do come inside, out of this terrible heat… ” He makes a little bow as he greets us. We eye the Perspex dome behind him suspiciously: the walls of pinkish stone beneath it look squat, plain and, frankly, ugly. It all seems... terribly small, set in such an unremitting expanse of space.
“I have spent twenty-three years studying these ruins,” our guide continues as we wipe our brows and sigh in the shade of the reception area. He gives the faintest of smiles, “And I’m personally responsible for several of the discoveries which have at last made a definitive interpretation of the site possible. Furthermore, I’m one of the few people who can claim to be descended from the ancient Siddanese themselves… ”MoreLess
“Ladies and gentlemen, I don’t believe in false modesty so I can tell you that you’re fortunate to have me as your official guide for today! Do come inside, out of this terrible heat… ” He makes a little bow as he greets us. We eye the Perspex dome behind him suspiciously: the walls of pinkish stone beneath it look squat, plain and, frankly, ugly. It all seems... terribly small, set in such an unremitting expanse of space.
“I have spent twenty-three years studying these ruins,” our guide continues as we wipe our brows and sigh in the shade of the reception area. He gives the faintest of smiles, “And I’m personally responsible for several of the discoveries which have at last made a definitive interpretation of the site possible. Furthermore, I’m one of the few people who can claim to be descended from the ancient Siddanese themselves… ”MoreLess
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