5“This place is majestic,” Sugar declared, looking out over the valley below.
“The Temple Of The Moon is this way,” Rodu said, forging ahead without glancing at the scenery.
Sugar sighed as she hurried behind him. “How can you keep so focused? Are you jaded from all your years of seeing humanity’s greatest glories?”
Rodu slowed and glanced over his broad shoulder. “Perhaps I am. I forget you chose to explore the earth for a living. I never longed for those sorts of adventures.”
Sugar chuckled. “Well, I did try to make a living as an explorer, but I ended up teaching instead, as most explorers do. Before finding the blade, I was certainly no Indiana Jones when it came to archaeology.”
“I do not recall hearing of that historical figure.”
“He’s not historical. He’s fictional. Do you rea
