A noise woke me up
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Story transcript
Gil: (What mongrel dares disturb the slumber of a king?)
Gil: An earthquake? How utterly pedestrian. Nature itself should know better than to inconvenience me.
Gil: My collection! These treasures survived millennia only to be disturbed by a mere tremor? Unacceptable!
Gil: (Even in this era, nothing is built to proper standards. The temples of Uruk would have withstood this pathetic shaking.)
Gil: The modern world trembles so easily. How fragile these glass towers—
Gil: (A child? Clinging to that damaged balcony? How tiresome.)
Gil: Stop that incessant crying! Your wailing offends my ears more than the earthquake itself.
Gil: (The structure won't hold. These modern fools and their inferior construction...)
Gil: Must I involve myself in every trivial crisis? I suppose no one else possesses the means to reach you.
Gil: Gate of Babylon! Serve your king's purpose!
Gil: (Not weapons this time, but treasures to form a bridge. A rare application of my arsenal.)
Gil: Come, child! Cross now. I don't make such offerings twice. Consider yourself honored to walk upon the treasures of a king.
Gil: (The authorities have taken the child. Good. I've had enough disruption for one morning.)
Gil: Perhaps there is some entertainment value in this era after all. These little tremors occasionally reveal who is truly worthy of survival.