“Daughter of Nimrod?” Curran asked quietly. “Nimr Rad, if you want to get technical about it. He who subdues leopards. The great hunter.” “Nimrod like in the Bible?” Curran asked. “The one who built the Tower of Babel?” “It’s an allegory,” I said. “My father and his contemporaries built a civilization of magic. It was great and mighty, like a tall tower. But they made the magic too strong and the Universe compensated by starting the first Shift. Technology began to flood the world in waves, and their civilization crumbled like the tower. The language of power words was lost.” “How old is your
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