Digging for answers

[Eliot]

Eliot chuckled. "I gave you all the information I have on Durante. I don't have his contact information. But you might find him in the database with more information. I leave you too figure it out."

He held out his hand and shook Nora's hand. "A deal then. You can find me at head quarters. It is my home most of the time." Though that would change pending the nuptials.

[Claude Saint-Clair]

Claude didn't really pay attention to what they were saying. It was mostly between Eliot and Nora anyways. It concerned him, true, but Nora would fill him in. He didn't often rely on that, but between the migraine and the realization that he had access to the god powers kept him not focused on the conversation happening.

Instead Claude's mind went back to Nora's puzzle. He let himself drift into that thought process. That weird symbol was in his mind and he couldn't let it go. He kept thinking about that Mayan calendar. Why was that important? And the text - the text that Nora said kept popping up. Prophecies. What was that thought in the back of his mind?

Finally something clicked. Something that might help Nora figure it out at least. Claude's thoughts returned to the scene as Eliot shook hands with his sister and left quiet. Claude gave him a polite wave as he left. No reason to be impolite about it all. He did after all (hopefully) gave Nora a way for him to figure all this crap out.

Claude sat back, his eyes still closed. "Nora," he said softly. "I have some thoughts about your puzzle. Now I know you're going to say that's not important now, but I need to let all of this sink in and I'd rather not think of it for now, so please just hear me out."

Claude sat forward and opened his eyes, looking at Nora. "Prophecies - in order to understand them, you need to understand the context in which they were written. I can't stop thinking about that symbol and it's similarity to the Mayan calendar. Now I'm not saying this is reality, but it will give you something to think about that may give you a direction to go in your research."

Claude stood up, slowly and moved to get another bottle of water. The medicine was beginning to work. "The Mayans and many ancient cultures didn't think of time in a linear fashion. They thought of it as circular - time repeating over an over again. You mentioned cataclysms - think of those as one event - repeated over and over again. A cycle. So maybe - the understanding of your puzzle lies not in the present, but in the past. Look at these cataclysms - is there a pattern there?"

Claude sat back down. "Maybe you've thought of that, or maybe you think I'm nuts, but it's another way to think of it. That quote - 'he who sees before the sealing may stand outside' - it keeps appearing. At this cataclysm was something sealed. It's a thought anyway - look in the past - you may find some clarity there. Or it may be a dead end. Something to think about." He sat back and waited for her response. Maybe the thought would give her more questions and they could work it out more.