This month, we meet an impatient Priest of Saturn, a troublesome child of Water, and a Priestess of Ceres with a heavy burden — plus a little glimpse at the early life of a minor (but, to me, beloved) character from the Aven Cycle.

CCLXV.

Time mages were rare. Even if all were conscripted into the appropriate priesthoods, they wouldn’t fill the ranks. At the moment, Saturn had only Perus Vedius and old Gratius Vetus -- them, and twenty-two non-magical citizens.