Yea, the prayer was granted and the sacrifice was made, and in it were counted the number of my foes.
"Then I slept.

Through countless generations I slept on and at my side was the one child of my body that was left to me.

What chanced to my spirit and to hers during that sleep, thou knowest alone, but doubtless they went forth to work thy ends.
"At the appointed time which thou didst decree, I awoke again and found in my house strangers from another land.

In the company of one of those whose spirit I drew forth, I visited the peoples of the new earth, and found them even baser and more evil than those whom I had known.
Therefore, since they cannot be bettered.

I purpose to destroy them also, and on their wreck to rebuild a glorious empire, such as was that of the Sons of Wisdom at its prime.
"A sign! O Fate, ruler of the world, give me a sign that my desire shall be fulfilled." He paused, stretching out his arms and staring upwards.