human
What is that noise? he asked.
gpt
That sounds like water running through a narrow channel.
human
It is the river, replied An-Tak.
gpt
Why do you not go to sleep? It passes directly beneath the Blue Place of Seven Skulls. It runs through the temple grounds, beneath the temple and under the city. When we die, they will cut off our heads and throw our bodies into the river. At the mouth of the river await many large reptiles. Thus do they feed. The Wieroos do likewise with their own dead, keeping only the skulls and the wings. Come, let us sleep.
human
Do the reptiles come up the river into the city?
gpt
The water is too cold--they never leave the warm water of the great pool,
human
Let us search for the way out,
gpt
I have searched for it all these moons, he said.
human
If I could not find it, how would you?