The Eternal warship settled into a corner of the city. Not far off, white radiance pooled and lingered. Where it fell stood another temple of Tiamat. It was large as a palace yet sparingly appointed, a faint gray smoke drifting within.
"I made it to the Ninety-ninth Heaven. The Sunforge Hall is right there!"
"Will a millennium of calamity finally end with us? Fire God watch over us!"
"Glory to the Almighty Godmaster. He enslaved the machines and gave us a sliver of hope to break the cage!"
Atlantis seethed with bodies. Most were fresh awakeners, scooped up by the Immortal Lord and ferried straight to the top. They pressed hands to ancient stone like pilgrims, eyes wet, as if touch could bring them closer to divinity.
