Steampunk Hunt 8 - The Lost World: Entry 6

I was absolutely exhausted by the time I reached the coordinates that Nemo had given me to meet his associate in the middle of the Algerian Desert. I think that all this running around was finally starting to wear me down a bit - so I was pleasantly surprised when the man I met - a Mr. Ayrton - suggested that I sit and relax for a while before continuing on my journey. The man was very sweet and humble - a Scottsman who insisted that I call him Tom - and while we sat he told me about some of his extraordinary adventures and how he met Nemo on a strange deserted Island in the middle of the ocean. He told me that he hadn't been a good man in his youth but he had spent many years working at redemption. I was puzzled when he said sadly "and all of eternity to repent my sins". I asked him if he was well - his words troubling me that he might be ill and he laughed bitterly and said "no lass - I fear that death will never come for me. The way is lost in the world you seek."

He would not speak of it any further but invited me to peruse his library and told me that tomorrow he will take me out to a temple in the middle of the desert where I might solve the next riddle towards the place that "is lost in time".