10-14-2024, 01:55 PM
Anna smiled deeply. Being a pediatrician was a gift. All doctors were blessed with skills and a mindset that Anna could never hope to understand - and pediatricians even more so. Anna found herself liking the man more as she got to know him, and it wasn't just that she found him attractive. He seemed to be a genuinely good man. She debated sending Nox another message stating that - maybe even saying his was a children's doctor, but decided not to. On one hand, it would be a betrayal of Cade's trust. She had sent what he had asked. Sending more just wouldn't be right. On the other hand, Nox's strange message had kind of upset her a little bit. He could have at least acknowledged I exist - or you know say your welcome!
Ness's story about Cairo hit Anna hard. Anna had always liked history. She wasn't a historian, but had always been interested in the past - particularly her own Central and South American heritage. In college, she had written a paper on the Aztecs and Mayans. When Cortez came, they not only raped the women, but the land and their culture as well. What had amazed her was when they had tried to force Catholicism on the Aztecs, they found ways even then to worship their own gods. One goddess they even likened to the Virgin Mary - using the Catholic icon to venerate their own goddess right under the noses of the Spanish Conquistadores.
"I'm sorry for what is happening to your people and culture with Al Janyar," she said somberly. Taking a deep breath, she changed the subject. "Moscow is now the center of civilization. It only makes sense that people would start to flock here for many reasons - economic, disaster, persecution, or for religious reasons. Me - I left Chicago because I needed a change."
Ness's story about Cairo hit Anna hard. Anna had always liked history. She wasn't a historian, but had always been interested in the past - particularly her own Central and South American heritage. In college, she had written a paper on the Aztecs and Mayans. When Cortez came, they not only raped the women, but the land and their culture as well. What had amazed her was when they had tried to force Catholicism on the Aztecs, they found ways even then to worship their own gods. One goddess they even likened to the Virgin Mary - using the Catholic icon to venerate their own goddess right under the noses of the Spanish Conquistadores.
"I'm sorry for what is happening to your people and culture with Al Janyar," she said somberly. Taking a deep breath, she changed the subject. "Moscow is now the center of civilization. It only makes sense that people would start to flock here for many reasons - economic, disaster, persecution, or for religious reasons. Me - I left Chicago because I needed a change."