III - Video.

[nefertiri]

Alex, don't think I have forgotten about your lessons. Tell me where the following phrases come from:

“Who you are is limited only by who you think you are.”

“Not a perfect soul, I am perfecting. Not a human being, I am a human becoming.”

“Name yourself in your heart and know who you are.”

“My body is but wax and wick for flame. When the candle burns out, the light shines elsewhere.”

“In the beat of a heart, the suck of a breath, you are the universe.”

And... “In my heart are the deeds my body has done and my heart has been weighed in the balance.”

Keep in mind, I am going easy on you. All of the phrases come from the same place. ( i.e. The Egyptian Book of the Dead ) I even translated them for you. ( From memory because she doesn't have said book with her. ) Well?

( Smiling faintly at her console, she sighs. )

I'm going to miss Egypt.

Comments

video;

[wintershepherd]

Are those riddles?

video;

[nefertiri]

Actually they're not.

Re: video;

[wintershepherd]

You sure? The one about the candle sounds a lot like a riddle.

So why would you miss Egypt? It's all hot and sand and rocks, isn't it? Doesn't sound like much of a good time.

video

[refusing]

Are you a teacher or something?

[She sounds entirely hopeful about that, as she might need some help planning out lessons for someone.]

voice;

[dracobin]

Oh, those are very pretty lines; pray, where are they from?

[juniorarchaeologist]

[Mum, please.] It's from the Book of the Dead. Too easy.

[He even says a few of them back in Ancient Egyptian.]

video;

[demon_brat]

It would not have mattered if you had spoken them in Egyptian. All spoken speech is translated, here.

[dominare]

[ oh, this is oddly familiar. Haytham listens quietly for a few moments, before speaking ]

An archaeologist, or perhaps an anthropological?