"Evil, and actively dangerous. How it got there is a very long story, but the short form is that it was brought there by two heroes -- two companions, part of a larger tet -- and locked away there to keep it safely out of the way. And neither of them was ever able to come back to retrieve it."
She looks toward the window in unconscious echo of Zillah's earlier movement. "The artifact -- Black Thirteen, it was called -- it was said to be indestructible. But a hundred and ten stories' worth of concrete and steel coming down on top of it ...."
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Date: 2009-05-13 03:53 am (UTC)Simple, and unequivocal.
"Evil, and actively dangerous. How it got there is a very long story, but the short form is that it was brought there by two heroes -- two companions, part of a larger tet -- and locked away there to keep it safely out of the way. And neither of them was ever able to come back to retrieve it."
She looks toward the window in unconscious echo of Zillah's earlier movement. "The artifact -- Black Thirteen, it was called -- it was said to be indestructible. But a hundred and ten stories' worth of concrete and steel coming down on top of it ...."