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Control doesn't look happy, but she positions her bodies so they stand between the viewers and Therko. Therko's training at the Apostolic Mound pays off. After a moment, a great brassy voice booms out of the idol's open mouth: "I hear, Losh of the Ziggurat, but I obey neither you nor your master, who has corrupted the words of the gods."

Losh recoils as if slapped, then turns to glare at you. You can imagine the pleased smiles of the Triune behind their masks.

"Ah!" Therko says, fascinated. "There must be someone hiding below the statue! Whoever has arranged this is clever."

"And treacherous," Control says, frowning as Losh and his Cerulean Guards beat a humiliated retreat. "We must be cautious."

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