It was never ending. A universe of agony embraced me like a lover. A mother. It brought me into a new world, birthed through torture.And then it ended...I lay gasping on my bed. When did I get here? I didn't remember moving. I raised my hand and studied it. My pale skin was gone. In its place was waxy-gray flesh, shiny in a way skin never could be. I flexed my fingers, feeling them stiff with the leathery hardness of my new exterior. Corded muscles tensed about my body, brimming with so much. "Yeah. I thought so. I may be an getting older but there's nothing wrong with my memory. He did this last year." Did what?" asked April, idly curious now."He spent all day with one of our almost-coma patients. We have to note down the people visitors see – it's a state requirement. Yeah, he spent the day with Mary. Mary Whitehorse. She died about three months later. I remember because Marcus came to the funeral, and he almost never does that. He sent a huge bouquet of flowers. Normally he. She'd seen him. She'd speeded up.Good. The bitch was afraid of him. It gave him a sense of power to know it.She'll be even more afraid soon, he thought. And then wondered what he'd meant by that thought.She hurried through the garage entrance, and managed to duck into the elevator. The door closed before he could catch it and the elevator started upward.I cowered against the back of the elevator as I saw him lunge to try to stop it. But he was too late; I was on my way up to my car and. " Thoth imparted to him. Ephus was nodding his head as Thoth was explaining. Though he felt he was in rare company he was still at a loss as to what Sobek might do. "So any chance you might know when this test will be?" Ephus asked. Thoth's face fell as he shook his head no, "I am afraid I don't have an answer for you yet. As Ra said it will depend more on you and what energy you collect. The mere fact that Ra actually had the power to leave the God's realm means that it won't be long now.".