The City of the Specter, Atem's Palace

[metagame]

The corpse sinks to the floor
Even the brightest gold, even the sharpest blade
Becomes sand, becomes dust

Comments

[ledbythewind]

They accepted our answers to their question and allowed us to pass without incident.

[It's a bit more complicated than just that, but that explanation will suffice for now. (He is absolutely not mentioning that Jesse answered "balls," okay).]

It looks like our only way out is to go forward.

[prozaic]

... What question? [Richard, please, he was unconscious...]