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Tangle in the Dark - Kassidor

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ecreation of <strong>the</strong> ancient M<strong>in</strong>oan civilization. She knew manybelieved that <strong>the</strong> M<strong>in</strong>oan civilization was <strong>the</strong> source of <strong>the</strong>Atlantis legend. She wondered how accurate this reproductionreally was? It didn’t really matter, it could be exact and if sheever got back she would be <strong>the</strong> expedition’s foremostauthority on it, or it could be all fiction but <strong>the</strong> basic outl<strong>in</strong>e.However accurate it was, it <strong>in</strong>dicated that Yellelle wasdeeply <strong>in</strong>volved <strong>in</strong> this, if not at <strong>the</strong> heart of it. That probablymeant that she was somewhere <strong>in</strong> Yellelle’s universe rightnow. She probably had alarms, and more than likely Yellellealready knew she was here. She had to accept <strong>the</strong> possibilitythat she really was from <strong>the</strong> dark matter and already had herencapsulated. In that case Ava was <strong>in</strong> a fish bowl perform<strong>in</strong>gfor Yellelle. She had to perform with dignity. She was gratefulthat she hadn’t actually been hurt yet, Heavenly Talstan usedtortures no mortal could live thru <strong>in</strong> <strong>the</strong>ir <strong>in</strong>terrogations. Ohher wrists were a little chafed from <strong>the</strong> rope, <strong>the</strong> first day, butit wasn’t very pa<strong>in</strong>ful.There was a w<strong>in</strong>dow <strong>in</strong> her cubicle. She could prop itopen and see a tangle of roofs and rooftop courts below. Shecould not see to <strong>the</strong> end of <strong>the</strong> build<strong>in</strong>g, town, palace ortemple <strong>in</strong> any direction. It was accepted that <strong>the</strong>se structureswere all of those wasn’t it? It had more <strong>the</strong> atmosphere of anavant-garde dance school from what she had seen so far.There were flutes and hand drums, s<strong>in</strong>g<strong>in</strong>g with melody andharmony. It was hokier than hillbilly but it was closer tomusic than she would expect from this era.410

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