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You have no memory of your time in the spirit world, of course. (If you
had, you might
think that the gods have been rather hard on you. You might wonder what's
so great about
unquestioning obedience? And how can you learn through past experiences if
you can't
remember them?) What am I doing here in the middle of a desert, you wonder
instead, but
of course you have no answer. It is twilight, so you can see the twin
moons in
the sky and also the city on the horizon. You are obviously not on Earth,
unless this
is a very different alternate reality. The red sand and the moons make you
think of Mars,
but you know that it cannot support human life.
You seem to have little choice but to walk to the city, whose distance it is hard to judge in the clear desert air - you guess maybe a couple of miles. As you walk you take stock of yourself. You are voluptuously beautiful, and have fair skin and long dark hair. You estimate your age at about twenty. You wear something reminiscent of a skimpy bikini, but made out of silk. Your feet are bare, but you see that you wear a band of what looks like gold around each ankle; you have no means of removing these anklets. On the middle finger of your right hand is a ring, again apparently of gold, with what looks like an enormous ruby set in it. After thirty minutes' walking:
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