Despite the scroll being there in front of her, Eva doubted her own eyes.
“Surely you don’t believe this is the actual scroll.”
“Oh, I believe it,” Swanson said, conviction dripping from his words. “May I remind you what Anges de la Résurection des Chevaliers actually is? It is a meeting of science and faith. As such, there are certain objects we believe to be key to what is going on here, and this is such an object.
I believe it. Why? Because this is the scroll, the actual scroll taken from the Aegean island of Patmos where it lay open, all seals broken, several thousand years ago. There was nothing left, just devastation. The language therein is of unknown origin, but we believe it to be the Divine language, unworthy of our mortal eyes. It was re-sealed by one most Holy, and the woes
