“Hammerdown is not just a place for the opportunistic, it is also a place for the desperate. Sadly, these two kinds of people go rather well together.” - Ouza, Deckhand


    “Bayek was right,” Athia thought. “Despite what he told me about sea monsters, its beauty cannot be compared to anything else.”


    “Too nervous,” Athia thought.


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    “As expected,” Basim thought as he handed her a few coins.


    the


    “The houses on the hill, of course,” Abasi thought, turning his attention to the homes of the rich. “Nothing but the best for a god...let’s see if I can find where this Barika lives.”


    “But they receive much more rain,” Abasi thought. “It will be a long time before this city is abandoned if it ever is.”


    them


    “He must have known I was lying before,” Abasi decided. “I can’t stop him from telling the others either...everything I’m afraid of is happening.”


    “A bandit,” Bayek thought. “I knew his story had holes, but I never thought for a second he could have been keeping a different secret. That’s all he was, a kid in the wrong place and I almost...I am grateful I didn’t make the same mistake. I have to make sure it’s Vel next time, or I will end up falling so low that there won’t be any getting up.”