Nadeir was sitting on a magnificent gilded bed in a great hall with red curtains, looking anxiously at the opening in the ceiling above him.
At that moment, Lord Padhraig entered and with a kind smile on his face, went to the bed and sat on the edge of it.
"My dear Nadeir, why are you so anxious?"
"I don't know, master. I think the horror stories I heard about egg donation from childhood are coming to life in my mind now."
Padhraig wrapped his arm around Nadeir's shoulders.
"This will be a pure moment, the most special moment of your life. The sacred snake with its glittering thousand colors sequins will enter through the opening in the ceiling and sew its shining glassy eyes on you and descend quickly and enter your body from your mouth.
At that moment, you feel that a world has entered your body. A vast history of war, victory, defeat, joy and sorrow. The wisdom gathered throughout the ages and the sacred serpent will offer you all this together with a precious egg, the egg that will bear the hero of our era."
Nadeir thought about his master's words and then compared them with what he had heard from others.
"The snake will keep its eyes fixed on you as if it wants to tear you apart with its gaze. When it enters your body, a dark tunnel will begin to form inside your body, a tunnel consisting of nothingness that will empty your body and soul.
And that egg, the egg that the serpent will lay inside you, carries a vile seed that gradually will eat away at your hollow shell, until at last there will be nothing left of you."
Nadeir trembled and the color faded from his face. Padhraig hugged him tightly.
"Trust me, dear. Everything will work out. Don't let the darkness in you dominate the light."
He held Nadeir in his arms in that position for a few moments and then looked at the hole above their heads.
"It's almost dusk. I have to go and leave you alone."
Nadeir said in a dry voice:
"Yes, Master. Thank you for staying with me and giving me strength."
Padhraig smiled at him and stroked his head, then got up and went to the door of the hall. Nadeir wanted to shout his name and beg him not to leave him alone, but he didn't want to embarrass his master by misbehaving.
So he just laid down on the bed and closed his eyes and waited until it got dark behind his eyelids and he realized that the promised time had finally arrived and he opened his mouth.
