Y) The room is very dark. As your eyes adjust to the lack of light, you begin to see several objects in the corners of the room. You walk carefully toward a long flat object. As your eyes begin to focus you realize that what you are looking at is a skeleton. Judging by the jewelry, it is probably a female skeleton, maybe even a queen. Laying near to the queen are many other skeletons, both male and female. You guess that they were probably her servants judging by the way they are dressed. "Ahh...I'm lost!” you cry out. "No you're not.” a voice answers you from the shadows. You spin around. It's your father! He's alive! "How did you survive?!” you ask, "I thought you were dead or lost." "An old traveler brought me to the city of Ur, and I knew that you would be here.” he answers. "Let's leave the dead alone, and carry on the activities of the living. We have goods to trade." The two of you climb through a narrow passageway leading up into the fresh air. Ur awaits!

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