Children’s laughter stopped him in his tracks and he hid behind a pillar.
Six young children along with one older boy and a woman walked past his position. The kids all wore rubber floatation devices and a few of them carried a small inflatable raft between them.
Church listened to the children giggling and chatting as they went outside. With the door open, sunlight filtered in and illuminated the hall. Church took this opportunity to glance around his surroundings. He wondered why the group wasn’t afraid of the pollution and why they spoke Japanese.
Once the party left and the doors closed, Church came out from behind the column. Noticing the direction the children had come from, he made his way through the Utopia Mosque.
The further he got to the back of the temple, the lighter it be
