------------- Interview with a God

"Well, welcome General Hazar,… or should I call you Your Imminence?"

*in a gruff manner* "General is fine, Hakim."

"Of course, General.  Well, to our first question,… we understand you are, as the avatar of Mentu, not following the normal customs for your people, the Minotaurs, that is."

"I have chosen to take only five wives, if that's what you're talking about."

"Yes, sir.  That's it exactly.  And how is that working out for you and the wives?"

"Its working out fine, Hakim."

"Well, I guess what the viewers would really like to know is, how's home life with that big of a family.  I mean, unlike a normal Minotaur chieftain, you've decided to keep all the wives and children at home with you, instead of kicking them out on their own."

"Is that some kind of racial profiling question?"

*looking very embarrassed and scared shitless* "No, uh,… no, not at all.  Its just a standard practice amongst Minotaurs to turn child rearing over to the women and for the males to move on to their next conquest."

"My conquests are for Pharaoh and Empire.  Obviously, you've been listening to stories about Atheaen Minotaurs, or perhaps those up north.  Symballan Minotaurs are a good bit more civilized, as I'm sure you know."

"Yes, of course General,… but what about that home life.  You must have quite the herd back at home."

*glaring at the newscaster*  "No, not really.  As an avatar, I must be careful.  Children of Avatars, as you should know, can go any direction.  Introducing that possibility of divine blood into an otherwise normal child can cause everything from stillbirth to psychotic behavior.  So, I have only one child by each wife."

"I see.  Yes, we certainly know about the children of avatars.  We're still cleaning up the mess from our interview with the Pharaoh's daughter, Neferites."

*chuckling*  "Yes, perhaps you shouldn't have asked her about her love life."

*laughing nervously* "Yes, well, inquiring minds want to know.  So what about your children?  Any showing signs of divine power yet?"

"I wouldn't be at liberty to discuss that.  State secrets you know."

"So, I can take that as a possible yes."

"Take it as 'I can't answer that'.  What part of 'state secret' don't you understand?"

"Well, let's change the subject then.  What about your daughter Shakti?  I hear she's leaving the herd soon.  Any truth to those rumors?"

"She's heading off to the south for further schooling."

"So, what about this rumor that she's actually leaving the Empire because she's pregnant?  Care to comment?"

*PUNCH* *SPLAT*

------------- Credits

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