“I mirror your sentiments, human,” the high priest declared. “I, too, am… a little surprised by your behavior. If you wanted the ring, why did you not just come here and ask for it? Why bother with the hostilities?”
Zach looked at him like he was stupid.
“What are you talking about?” Zorian said. “Are you saying you’d have given us the ring if we had simply walked in here and asked you to?”
“Of course,” the high priest said. “We are children of angels. What child dares defy its parents?”
“The angels?” repeated Zorian.
The high priest stared at them silently for a few seconds.
“As I thought,” he said, lowering the hand that held the ring. “You do not know.”
“No, we really don’t,” Zach freely admitted. “What are you talking about?”
“Have you tried to contact the angels recent
