Chapter 66
For when I am weak,
Then I am strong.
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2 Corinthians 12:10
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December, 3,390 BC
Earth: Village of Assur
MIKHAIL
"I just want you to know that I'm against this!"
Mikhail stared up at his mother-in-law, who stood over him wielding a wooden spoon as though she held a sword. There had been an odd sort of tension in the house ever since he'd woken up three days ago, but whenever he asked questions, Immanu gave him an evasive answer.
"I have to do this, Mama," Mikhail said. "You heard what Pareesa said. Qishtea has arrived, demanding you produce me, or he no longer has to abstain from the lizard people's demands."
"He can meet with you here," Needa said. "In private. Look at you! You're so weak you can't even sit up on your own!"
"They need to see him as strong," Chief K
