“You mention being suddenly aware of the multitude of divination devices around you in the Waking. Have you considered you are also suddenly acquiring ancestral spirits?” Snake turned her statue slightly, squaring it with the shelf.

“She’s not…”

“Nearly every European, and Americans of European descent, can trace a genetic lineage to Charlemagne.”

“And Africa is a helluva lot larger than Europe, and contains a helluva lot more ethnicities.”

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