Thieves Till We Die
“Jonah rubbed his eyes and glanced out the window. The dawn was dropping hints it might break soon: slivers of grey scratched the darkness and birds began to sing with sickening cheer.
A digitised image of Coldhardt sat looking out at them from a window on the monitor. Once they’d grabbed Patch and got the hell away they’d come straight back here to talk to the boss man. Patch was holding up his photo of the Mexican landscape to the webcam like a trophy, so Coldhardt could see the resemblanc...e for himself. Taken in conjunction with Con’s straightforward translation of the other two symbols, Jonah was definitely convinced.
‘Thank you, Patch,’ Coldhardt said quietly. ‘On several Aztec depictions of the Earth’s creation, the cacao tree is shown in a key position. It makes sense that the priests and their architects would bury their temple in soil rich in the roots of cacao – a goddess once gorged with human blood would instead be nurtured with the blood of the earth.’ ‘“Cacao secretly”,’ Con murmured, looking pleased with herself.MoreLess
A digitised image of Coldhardt sat looking out at them from a window on the monitor. Once they’d grabbed Patch and got the hell away they’d come straight back here to talk to the boss man. Patch was holding up his photo of the Mexican landscape to the webcam like a trophy, so Coldhardt could see the resemblanc...e for himself. Taken in conjunction with Con’s straightforward translation of the other two symbols, Jonah was definitely convinced.
‘Thank you, Patch,’ Coldhardt said quietly. ‘On several Aztec depictions of the Earth’s creation, the cacao tree is shown in a key position. It makes sense that the priests and their architects would bury their temple in soil rich in the roots of cacao – a goddess once gorged with human blood would instead be nurtured with the blood of the earth.’ ‘“Cacao secretly”,’ Con murmured, looking pleased with herself.MoreLess
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