  Out in the wild stand great stepped pyramids of old stone, raised long ago and left to the sand and the moss. The local folk call them ziggurats and give them a wide berth, and they are right to do so.
<~><~>  No one living recalls who built them. What is plain is that someone wished to keep something locked away inside, and went to a great deal of trouble to make sure of it. The doors do not open for a polite knock.
