After Kunihito tells Kuniko about the numerous strange markings in the land around Atlas, Nagiko and Tarsian offer disturbing insight into the construction of the city - and the gruesome rituals undertaken to keep it standing.
Young children before the age of seven
would be sacrificed to the tower.
und unzählige Kinder von unter
sieben Jahren wurden Atlas geopfert.
et des enfants furent sacrifiés
en guise d’offrandes.