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It led to a long, winding stair that went up to the top of the tower that I had seen from below. We walked up it in silence, more from awe of its magnificent construction on my part than fatigue in climbing its steep stairs, which wound on and on almost indefinitely. IT LED TO A LONG WHINING STAIR THAT WENT UP TO THE TOP OF THE TOWER THAT I HAD SEEN FROM BELOW WE WALKED UP IN SILENCE MORE FROM AWE OF ITS MAGNIFICENT CONSTRUCTION ON MY PART THAN FATIGUE IN CLIMBING ITS STEEP STAIRS WHICH WOUND ON AND ON ALMOST INDEFINITELY
claws. He saw me look at it and told me, "This is the Hall of Time, and that is the altar to Temis, the God of Time. It is a very sacred place, to both us and the Canitaurs, for it was built by Temis himself, before the race of man inhabited the earth. By the time any men came to live on Daem, it had been buried by the dirt and debris of thousands of years, but when the Great War took place, the shock uncovered it and revealed it to men, a sort of revelation that came only as it was needed the most. Daem's war started over the control of it, and to a point still is. To a certain extent is has helped us greatly, since the Canitaurs are afraid to lay siege to us in the regular fashion, for fear that it will be laid to ruin, and then our fate sealed in flesh and bone as well as earth and stone. But come, there is something I want to show you," he told me. With that he started over to a door in the wall adjacent to the entrance, which, as there were only two doors, was the only other exit. T HOLDING THE ALTAR IN ITS GIANT CLAWS HE SAW ME LOOK AT IT AND TELL ME THIS IS THE HALL OF TIME AND THAT IS THE ALTAR TO TEMAS THE GOD OF TIME IT IS A VERY SACRED PLACE TO BOTH US AND THE CANADOURS FOR IT WAS BUILT BY TEMAS HIMSELF BEFORE THE RACE OF MAN INHABITED THE EARTH BY THE TIME ANY MAN CAME TO LIVE ON DAM IT HAD BEEN BURIED BY THE DIRT AND DEBRIS OF THOUSANDS OF YEARS BUT WHEN THE GREAT WAR TOOK PLACE THE SHOCK UNCOVERED IT AND REVEALED IT TO MEN A SORT OF REVELATION THAT CAME ONLY AS IT WAS NEEDED THE MOST DAME'S WAR STARTED OVER THE CONTROL OF IT AND TO A POINT STILL IS TO A CERTAIN EXTENT IT HAS HELPED US GREATLY SINCE THE CANNOTORS ARE AFRAID TO LAY SIEGE TO US IN THE REGULAR FASHION FOR FEAR THAT IT WILL BE LAID TO RUIN AND THEN OUR FATE SEALED IN FLESH AND BONE AS WELL AS EARTH AND STONE BUT COME THERE IS SOMETHING I WANT TO SHOW YOU HE TOLD ME WITH THAT HE STARTED OVER TO A DOOR IN A WALL ADJACENT TO THE ENTRANCE WHICH AS THERE WAS ONLY TWO DOORS WAS THE ONLY OTHER EXIT
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