Adam grasped Rosie’s arm and squeezed as the blur became a man in his midthirties, dressed in an old-fashioned blue robe. A stylized tiger was emblazoned across his chest in silver thread. Atop his black hair, he wore a crown of laurel leaves in hammered silver. He didn’t look much like Adam, and yet the resemblance was there. And based on Adam’s reaction, it was easy to figure out which human form the Unknown God had taken. Adam’s brother—or, more specifically, the god wearing his likeness—descended from the Thorn of Eternal Life, floating unnaturally downward until they came to stand before
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