Despite the fact I regularly made this journey, it still always shocked me when I got to the outer chamber of the Hall of Judgement and found no one there waiting. Thousands of years ago, the room would have been full to the brim of souls waiting to be judged, while Kebechet would have been running around and directing her priestesses to provide them all with refreshments. Every time one of the souls moved into the Hall, it would be replaced by the next in a never-ending procession of the dead. Even though I"d witnessed the slow decline in the number of followers coming through here, it still shocked me to realise there was no one around.
My sandals slapped against the cold stone floor as I made my way through the room and towards where I knew the goddess would be waiting, just like she a
