"It is almost done, my children.

The first sign has come from the gods.

I have brought you in human form the ancient priestess!" And he really believed he had.

"O my children, my little ones, my kids! I have brought her who will now attend to the sacred fires; for these alone will restore the city as of old, the fat corn, the plentitude of fruit.

Since the coming of the lion two rains ago the leopard and the striped one have forsaken their lairs.