very fancy! It looked like a Faberge.
- "Margo," said Nastia, "why do they need Faberge?"
- "Exactly! It is much more valuable!" confirmed Samir.
Boris smiled incredulously. Andrei and Marina approached a bit closer.
- "Well, what was inside?" wondered Marina.
- “The Stone was inside. The very one we were talking about at the Council."
- "Аhh!" said Margo, stretching it out.
- "Shintaman!" whispered Marina, tearing up and bowing to the box. Margo almost dropped it in surprise.
Samir lit the flat lamps on the walls. The room immediately changed The light made the room much brighter. The deep cave-like shadows disappeared. The ancient jewelry shined. The pictures and sculptures began to play in the light. It became clear that there were only treasures among the exhibits. Nastia touched a marble figure.
- "Look! It's a Raphael The Goddess Hera! It was thought to have been lost during the war. And this one... is a da Vinci... Monet... Dali...”
- “But why would you put them in a room like this?" asked Margo, "they're dying here!"
- "The Museum of Shambhala is the most ancient museum on earth," answered Samir, "the exhibits are stored better here than in the best museums on earth. We've collected here, that which humans call treasure, and that is priceless. This wand, for example, belonged to the queen of Lemuria."
- "Don't let it go to your head, wand," grunted Andrei, trying to lift it, "it weighs at least a hundred pounds! She must have been a strong queen!"
- "Are the Lemurians those stone giants from the cave?" asked Nastia.
Samir nodded.
- "What happened to it? Your Lemuria?" asked Margo.
- "Every civilization must die to make room for the next one. These are the laws of earth."
- "And what is written on the tags? What language is that?" wondered Andrei.
- "That would be Sanskrit. And what's written is the history of the objects. We are able to read information from there about each object. Everyone who uses the object leaves a trace. An ancient thing can tell you a lot..."
- “Why do you need these stories?” asked Nastia, "why do you need to know the fate of things?"
- “In this way we study the history of the Earth, and compare how mankind has changed over the course of civilization. We simply cannot believe chronicles, because they were made by people. But things store history just as it really happened."
- "Why do you need that if you have the Akashic records?" asked Marina.
- "It's always good to double check," smiled Samir, and slowing himself, he added, "would you like to read the history of these things yourselves?"
- "How is that possible?" asked Margo.
- "All of you pick one object. Any object."
The tourists scattered around the cave. Nastia found a silver box, heavy, with holes in the roof, with a hidden lock. Margo didn't want to part with her bejeweled box. Andrei, with difficulty chose a board with a shining jewel on the edge. Boris took an object that looked like a chisel, but twenty times larger. Marina sought out a belt, inlaid with pearls.
- "What next?" asked Andrei.
- "We begin the experiment," recommended Samir. His voice was twinged with insincerity.
Nastia was struck in the chest with the same bad feeling she had when they first met the Teacher. Something was not right. Samir tried not to look them in the eyes. It was obvious that he wasn't telling them something. She glanced at Margo. Margo raised her eyebrows inquisitively.
- "Would it be too much to ask, for you to tell us what that is?" asked Boris, clenching his iron fist, "What I brought, I'm not sure, my arms are strained."
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