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Sixx strolled up into the cavern, chewing at his lip before turning to face Joshua. “I found the compass. This works for Daniel, right?”
Joshua looked down at the compass, fixed together in a slightly haphazard manner, “I may need to fix your repairs. Not sure if it’ll last.”
“Yeah uh! Sure. You do that.“ Sixx sighed, then mumbled, “by Mars, I can’t believe that I’m working with the Malpais Legate.”
Joshua looked up at him, “Mars? I thought you didn’t understand religion.”
Sixx bristled, “Just because I don’t get your religion, doesn’t mean I don’t understand it. Mars is like- the one God and stuff. He makes crops grow and put the stars in the sky and causes war” Joshua sighed. Looking back down at the compass. “What does that mean. Joshua.”
Joshua looked up from the compass, making eye contact with the courier, “You seem to have a fundamental misunderstanding of the Roman religion.”
Sixx shuffled his feet, staring back at Joshua, “Like you’d know, you’re a Mormona? Morkon? Morjom? Whatever it is. You’re not exactly worshipping Mars.”
Joshua sighed deeply, and went back to working on the compass. He fiddled with the top before speaking, without looking up, “It’s Mormon. And I founded the legion. I think I know about the religious practices there. Mars is the God of war- he’s not some all encompassing God, like the Father.” Joshua sighed again, “Daniel is going to have a fit if you try having this conversation with him.”
A shadow passed over Sixx’s face when Joshua mentioned his role in the Legion, and he turned away from Joshua. “I’ll go now. I forgot who it was I’m talking to.”