It is a market city-state that the creature appears in. People worship him: they want him to be a metaphor for change. For thousand of years the religion of the Sartonists prospers. But there is great anger against its assumptions of superiority. The modern city. Here, it is easy for the stranger to become popular by calling for the end to this antiquated faith. It is easy to say a few words that will make millions die. They love him as they did the creature. Michael, the automaton, has arrived.