Ch. 2: I am NOT the queen
Jack and Sam got lost very quickly as the girl led them from tunnel to tunnel, turning at least a dozen times. The trio rounded a corner into a large cavern. There were a few boys...Sam guessed they were in their early twenties...working around the room. The girl ran up and whispered to one of the boys then disappeared through a wooden door. The boy she had spoken to came forward and bowed before Sam. "My queen, how may I serve you?"
Sam looked hesitantly at Jack who simply shrugged. "Please, stand. You don't have to bow to me."
The boy shook his head. "But I do. It is the law of our people. We are taught as small children how to act in the presence of the returned queen."
Sam noticed that the other boys in the room had also lowered themselves to the ground. She sighed. This was going to be a long day. She was trying to thing of something to say to the boy when the wooden door opened and a woman in her early thirties approached, followed by the girl that had led them in.
The woman approached Sam and dropped to one knee. "My queen, I am Mytel, the leader of your people. My sister informs me you wish to see me?"
"Uhhh, yeah...I wish to speak with you in private." She looked at Jack questioningly, but again got only a shrug in response.
Mytel rose to her feet. "As you wish my queen. My sister will see to your servant."
Sam glared at Jack to shut him up. "Thank you."
Mytel blushed. "It is Kamah's honor." She turned and led Sam through the door, closing it behind her. She pointed Sam at a cushioned chair. "Please, sit my queen."
Sam lowered herself into the chair. "Mytel...I am not your queen. I come from a planet named Earth. I am an explorer."
Mytel was confused. "But the prophecies say that during the warm months a woman of fair hair would arrive through the Shoo'a'ma, and that would be our queen returned."
"I am not a queen. My name is Samantha Carter. I came here with 3 other people to explore your planet."
"You have 2 additional servants accompanying you?"
Sam shook her head. "They are not my servants. That man out there..." She motioned to the door. "...he leads us on our explorations."
Mytel dropped once again to her knees, this time from shock. "But the purpose of your men is to serve, not to lead."
Sam smiled. A matriarchal society. "Where I come from, men are not servants...in fact, we have far more men as leaders than women."
Mytel stared at some in wonderment. "Please, tell me more of this...this Earth."
Jack and Sam got lost very quickly as the girl led them from tunnel to tunnel, turning at least a dozen times. The trio rounded a corner into a large cavern. There were a few boys...Sam guessed they were in their early twenties...working around the room. The girl ran up and whispered to one of the boys then disappeared through a wooden door. The boy she had spoken to came forward and bowed before Sam. "My queen, how may I serve you?"
Sam looked hesitantly at Jack who simply shrugged. "Please, stand. You don't have to bow to me."
The boy shook his head. "But I do. It is the law of our people. We are taught as small children how to act in the presence of the returned queen."
Sam noticed that the other boys in the room had also lowered themselves to the ground. She sighed. This was going to be a long day. She was trying to thing of something to say to the boy when the wooden door opened and a woman in her early thirties approached, followed by the girl that had led them in.
The woman approached Sam and dropped to one knee. "My queen, I am Mytel, the leader of your people. My sister informs me you wish to see me?"
"Uhhh, yeah...I wish to speak with you in private." She looked at Jack questioningly, but again got only a shrug in response.
Mytel rose to her feet. "As you wish my queen. My sister will see to your servant."
Sam glared at Jack to shut him up. "Thank you."
Mytel blushed. "It is Kamah's honor." She turned and led Sam through the door, closing it behind her. She pointed Sam at a cushioned chair. "Please, sit my queen."
Sam lowered herself into the chair. "Mytel...I am not your queen. I come from a planet named Earth. I am an explorer."
Mytel was confused. "But the prophecies say that during the warm months a woman of fair hair would arrive through the Shoo'a'ma, and that would be our queen returned."
"I am not a queen. My name is Samantha Carter. I came here with 3 other people to explore your planet."
"You have 2 additional servants accompanying you?"
Sam shook her head. "They are not my servants. That man out there..." She motioned to the door. "...he leads us on our explorations."
Mytel dropped once again to her knees, this time from shock. "But the purpose of your men is to serve, not to lead."
Sam smiled. A matriarchal society. "Where I come from, men are not servants...in fact, we have far more men as leaders than women."
Mytel stared at some in wonderment. "Please, tell me more of this...this Earth."
