[forward-dated to tomorrow afternoon]

[near the grain silo]

You ready for this, Anatolia?

[At one of the tables in the library sit an ancient empire and a young scholar, stacks of books and unrolled maps surrounding them.]

So... Where are we starting? There's so much.

continued from

[finds a secluded place where Romano can shout and it won't attract too much attention]

Romano, I am sorry that I left. But many things happened, too many to explain...