Iris Harris looked at him calmly.
"Brandan Hyde, have you ever heard a story like this?"
"A fisherman caught a bottle containing a demon, but when he released the demon, it wanted to kill him.
Do you know why?
The demon said: 'Fisherman, listen to my story, and you will understand what happened.
"I am an evil god. I opposed the gods and angered them. They advised me to stop my wickedness, but I wouldn't listen. So, the gods took a copper bottle, sealed me inside, covered the mouth with tin, and threw me into the sea.
"In the first century in the sea, I told myself, 'Whoever saves me in this century, I will surely reward him with a lifetime of wealth.' But a century passed, and no one came to save me.
"At the start of the second century, I thought: 'If someone saves me in this century, I must reward him by uncovering all the treasures buried in the ground for him.' Yet still, no one came to save me.
