Chapter 25 October 3,390 BC Earth: Village of Assur NINSIANNA The three Magian women had been stranded here by the Amorite slavers, so far from home that even the furthest trading partners claimed they had never heard of their people. Strange featured, with black hair, almond eyes, and flat faces, Ninsianna had promised she would help them find a way home. Mikhail had freed them the day the Halifians had snatched Pareesa to to lure Mikhail into a trap. "Are you ready?" Papa lay out his prayer mat and arranged the sacred objects that signified their willingness to receive the wisdom of the goddess. "How will I make the journey without kratom?" Ninsianna lamented. Kratom was a blue flower which induced hallucinations. "You are with child," Papa's tawny-beige eyes crinkled in a sympath