26: Bust
“Obey the Royalty in all things, for in their hands are the keys to thine life and death.”~ Proverbs 5:25
Given the length of time it had taken for the two of them to get down to this section of the temple, Frank was a little surprised to find them arriving at their destination so soon. Clearly the contemplation room and the execution room were placed close together by design. It was a small circular chamber composed of the same bare stone as the choosing cell, only with even fewer accommodations. The cylindrical bricks stretched up and up into a bright light at the top, as if they were at the bottom of a dry well. In the center of the well was the most noticeable feature of the space. “A guillotine?! Are you kidding me?! So called gods, and you f***s can’t even spring for letha
