Ter Min At Ra lets the conversation flow around him, asking no questions as he sups his beer. He didn't want to show his ignorance and he thought, it's better for me to leave a little mystery as to my motives in getting Herger and his friends to Egypt. Nonetheless he wondered what crows had to do with their endeavour. Of course, there were crows in Egypt; the Hooded Crow for one, the bird the Romans called the 'corvus corone cornix,' an intelligent but evil looking bird. And these 'thralls' were new to him. Herger had explained once that they were slaves and of course, they had slaves in Egypt too but they didn't buy and sell people as these Germanics did. He found that quite distasteful. Egyptian slaves were simply indentured servants or captives of war, who could always work for their freedom or be ransomed. He looked into Mogh's eyes, trying to guage whether he could trust him or not.

He knew he certainly could not trust Herger! They had been friends for far to long to allow trust to ruin their friendship!

'Mogh Roith,' he said, 'There's little gold in Hellas these days but plenty of marble if you like marble. In Egypt the city of the cats is called Per Bast and I would deem it a personal favor if we could give that city a wide berth. It's probably highly un-Egyptian of me but I dislike cats; they make me sneeze. As I know the lay of the land, I suggest we head straight for the city of Alexandria. The most important city on the coast of the Great Green. Alexandria has great wealth, not the least of which is a tomb ripe for plundering. It belongs to a Greekling called Alexandria. I doubt you've heard of him up here in the wilds of Germania. Our tombs are usually cursed but fortunately, I know how to counter the curses.'

He looked at Herger, 'And yes before you ask, there's a few good dinking houses as well.'