41. The Revelation

Aryan stops abruptly in his tracks at the end of the corridor with a door at the end and he looks at Johan. "You must get rid of all your clothes. You can only see our prophet naked and you may not take anything with you except yourself. I shall wait here for you. Just throw your clothes on the floor and then you can enter through the door and go down to the prophet.” Bewildered Johan looks at Aryan a while and considers it to tell him that he is not interested in meeting the prophet anymore, but then he realizes how fed-up he is and that he doesn’t wish to live in limbo any longer. Things must come to a head and he hopes he will be together with Martie soon. Just as in the park he unclothes and then throws his clothes on the floor. He opens the door and enters a small, dark room with steps that go downstairs. He takes the steps cautiously and slowly. He passes lanterns mounted against the walls. They smell strange and have an intoxicating effect on him by the time he reaches the entr