"You would end up in the city that fancies itself the center of everything." Horus rolled his eyes. Sometimes, it was more like having a much older brother around than an uncle, the way the two of them sniped at each other.

The question of what he had done with his time was left hanging with a thoughtful pause. "I stayed, even after the last of the family had abandoned everything. I left the cities once the British became too obnoxious to bear any longer and returned to the desert for good. I went back only once when the Germans and Italians invaded."