“This desert was once a sea,” he said. “I noticed that,” the boy answered.
The alchemist told the boy to place the shell over his ear. He had done that many times when he was a child, and had heard the sound of the sea.
The sea has lived on in this shell, because that’s its Personal Legend.
And it will never cease doing so until the desert is once again covered by water.”
They mounted their horses, and rode out in the direction of the Pyramids of Egypt.
THE SUN WAS SETTING WHEN THE BOY’S HEART SOUNDED a danger signal.
They were surrounded by gigantic dunes, and the boy looked at the alchemist to see whether he had sensed anything.
But he appeared to be unaware of any danger. Five minutes later, the boy saw two horsemen waiting ahead of them.
Before he could say anything to the alchemist, the two horsemen had become ten, and then a hundred.
And then they were everywhere in the dunes. They were tribesmen dressed in blue, with black rings surrounding their turbans.
Their faces were hidden behind blue veils, with only their eyes showing.
Even from a distance, their eyes conveyed the strength of their souls. And their eyes spoke of death.
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