The grand house that I shared with my brother appeared in front of me, rising from the hills in all its perfection. At one point, I hadn"t understood why we had to share, but only being here for half the year, it made sense that we inhabited the same complex. It was different in the land of the living where we"d already had our own temples and priests, so we had less need to share.
We also had more to do there, as we were still responsible for our original duties. Though there was a part of me that doubted whether Dumuzi actually still tended to his. He wouldn"t be the first god to give up on them, and he"d never seemed that enamoured with his task in the first place.
I climbed the stairs and opened the door, only to be knocked off my feet by five excited dogs with tails going so fast th
