Suez began to notice the way back to the ship was harder and more difficult to maneuver. Instead of the forest parting in front of him and a foot path appearing under his feet, the forest was offering up vines and bramble bushes to scratch and hold him. The foot path was hard and made up of unyielding rocks and sharp pebbles. The stones were unsteady underfoot and caused bruises on his pampered feet. After a long difficult walk back, Suez finally saw the ship. What a magnificent sight it was towering above the landscape. Hundreds of feet tall, it was longer than tall. The sides were covered with precious stones and metal. The sun, reflecting off the sides, illuminated the surrounding area. There, high up near the top, was the ship's name, Illuminati, spelled out in large cut diamonds. Zeus thought, "How appropriately named as it illuminated the surrounding area, albeit falsely. It is having to use the light of the sun to illuminate the forest.
The change of innocence to world knowledge was accompanied by another change as well. The ship, even though, still self sufficient for thousands of years to come could not move from this spot. It's propulsion system was inoperative. The cloaking device was still operating and only the crew could see it. Also, since evil had replaced good, small things had reversed as well. The name of the ship was "Itanimulli", when it had left port. That is odd, thought Zeus, "I will have to ask Satan about this when I catch up to him" "Who is Satan?", he thought. He is becoming more confused.
Not seeing Satan, right away and thinking that he might have passed him on the way to the garden, he doubled back. Stumbling back through the unyielding forest, he finally reached the entrance. He had seen these two before and they were not friends. Standing tall before the gate, they were imposing figures, having fiery countenances and holding flaming swords. Their intent was clear, no one or anything was ever going to enter the garden again.
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