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MAKE THE GODS WONDER
“A-1 this is Cam-Thoth-A calling from grid 96-F along the Nile. I have an anachronism to report.
I’m at the beach and looking at a reed skiff. It has a paddle-wheel assembly on the back. As I look
inside the vehicle, I can see some type of wooden set of gears making a transmission to roll the
assemblage at the back of the skiff.”
“That type of technology is not allowed in the dome. Where is the maker? He or she must
undergo reprogramming.”
“A-1, I will begin a search. Send out a science team to scan the area. Since the skiff has landed
near Thebes, I’ll check the city. Cam-Thoth-A ending transmission.”
The probability monitoring of Cam-Thoth-A made it easy to walk through the miles of jungle to
the gates of Thebes. Dressed as a priest of Thoth, the android was quickly admitted through the
gates by the respectful guards.
At the open gates, a terrible stench hit his delicate senses. “Sound the alarms! The Waspians are
coming!” he shouted.
Huge bell chimes started ringing by the main gate. It didn’t matter that no one else smelt the
bitter odor of the Waspians. Those chimes where answered by other bells around the city
walls. When the chimes rang all able bodied citizens of Thebes were to man the walls. Fighting
Waspians happened every six years or so. It was thought that over population in the Waspian
nests sent them to Thebes to collect what the bugs thought was a large food source just waiting
to be harvested.