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Chapter 98: Mark
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2024-10-29 19:42:56Pennsylvania, 2020
"What is next?" Maria asked, staring at the large book in front of them.
Clark flipped.
"What do you see?" She asked.
"I can see phases."
"Lunar phases and sacrifices done under the moon?" she asked. "No numbers. No symbols. No diagrams. No information whatsoever!"
"I am trying to find something I could use to figure out what is happening now."
"Try harder. We are running out of time."
Clark flipped again. Stopped. Flipped again. Stopped. Nothing.
"Nothing?"
Clark sighed. "Who says my name is Raj! Helper and phone boy for Dev?" He asked.
Maria stared at him and turned. "I don't know."
"There is something going on here that we can't see."
"You don't have to tell me first for me to know that everything isn't normal. You were the one who spotted the problem. Why can't you solve it? I thought you said we would find something reasonable in these pages."
"I thought we wou
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