 The Babylonians and Cyrus said, hey, you guys can go back and you can go build a temple. But not everyone went back. Some people remained within the outside of Jerusalem, outside of, you know, the promised land. And Esther and her uncle Mordecai were one of these people. They remained in the Persian Empire in Susa. And actually, Mordecai is working within the court of Xerxes, who's the king.