The Digester

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Jiana, Zuriel, and Helena have reached the end of the throat of the whale. Now, they are before this large door made out of flesh. Its size is bigger than any palace doors, towering high and spreadingly wide.

"We're here," says Jiana.

"I can see that," Zuriel remarks, wrinkling his nose a little bit. He finds this disgusting. "This is where you guys sacrifice people?"

"Yes. We kill them before throwing their bodies in there. If we don't, it'll anger the Starbode Bao. If we anger it, water that kills everything it touches will flood Japatra.

"You mean, the ambergris?"

"Not that. It's something else entirely. We call it the—"

"Wrath of the Starbode Bao," Zuriel guesses. "In the common tongue."