SETTING THE MOOD
"What a fascinating place. A strange sensation always crawls up my spine when I enter this magnificent relic from the past. The air is electric and the scent of ancient mysteries keeps my eyes open and my senses focused...
What was really going on here?
What is the purpose of all this?"
Deprecatingly shaking his head, Daniel puts down his father's journal and takes a deep breath. He turns his head and looks out of the window of the airplane taking him from London to Cairo. Although the past decade he barely had contact with his father, he can't help but feel remorse. He asks himself if the arguments were really necessary, if they shouldn't have forgotten all their difficulties and at least tried to get along. Now he is carrying his father's ashes in his backpack and any chance of indemnification is lost. All gone in the mists of time and seemingly insignificant stubbornness. The only thing that might grant at least some sort of redemption was his current task - the last wish of the famous and praised Dr. Phillip Connelly: To spread his cremated remains in the one place he always put before everything else - the Chamber of the King, in the great pyramid of Khufu.
Daniel sighs but after a few seconds his eyes grow big. While the plane is already in descent and excitement spreads across the cabin like a wildfire, passengers are anxiously trying to get a glimpse out the windows. Shortly after noticing that also the guy in the seat to his right is moving his head closer and closer to the small window next to Daniel, he freezes. His hands tighten their grip and his eyes become focused, locked on probably the most impressive buildings he has ever seen: The Great Pyramids of Giza! - His target, his way of saying goodbye, his destiny...
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