"I'm afraid it can't wait," Judson simply says as if he didn't even hear their complaints. "And Charlene has already booked your tickets. We have reason to believe that the Serpent Brotherhood is trying to obtain the Sword of Damocles."

"Sword of Damocles?" Flynn echoes. "What, from the story? But that's just an allusion, a, an anecdote."

Judson shakes his head. "Anecdotes, cautionary tales, they often have a true origin. The Sword is as real as the Ark of the Covenant and Pandora's Box."