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”It will certainly show what our ancestors would be thinking if they were alive today. People have often speculated about this. Would they approve of modern society, they ask, would they marvel at present-day achievements? And of course this misses a fundamental point. What our ancestors would really be thinking, if they were alive today, is: 'Why is it so dark in here?'”

— Aug 17, 2026 02:19PM

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Zala is 40% done

’I could not help noticing, Dios, excuse me if I am wrong, a certain flourish in the translation there.’
The priest looked surprised.
‘Indeed no, sire. I was most precise in relaying your decision, saving only to refine the detail in accordance with precedent and tradition.’

— Aug 17, 2026 05:05PM

Zala is 28% done

’She is Queen Khat-leon-ra-pta,’ said Dios. ‘She wins the kingdom of Howandaland by stealth. This is the time of the Second Empire.’
‘But she is dead?’ said Teppic.
‘I understand so,’ said the high priest, after the slightest of pauses. Yes. The past tense definitely bothered Dios.

— Aug 17, 2026 04:58PM

Zala is 23% done

’I expect youve seen a lot of changes,’ he said politely.
A look of pain passed over the old priest’s face, but quickly, as if it was in a hurry to get away. ‘No, sire, he said smoothly, I have been very fortunate.’

— Aug 17, 2026 04:53PM

Zala is 20% done

”I understood that Death came as a three-headed giant scarab beetle, he said.
Death shrugged. WELL. NOW YOU KNOW.”
hm

— Aug 17, 2026 04:45PM

Zala is 4% done

”The only pyramids he felt comfortable about were the very small ones at the bottom of the garden, built every time one of the cats died.”

— Aug 17, 2026 02:25PM