Inside the massive Temple.
In the center, surrounded by towering stone pillars, stood an exquisite statue of the Goddess.
The Goddess's robes flowed like molten liquid, twisting and contorting, until their ends, with a sudden twist, were sculpted into a variety of plants.
Her lower body was a coiled serpent's tail, and from that tail sprouted a bizarre assortment of animal limbs.
This Goddess, a chimera of various creatures, had the head of a remarkably beautiful woman, her gaze fixed benevolently on the distance.
The Goddess's hands, overgrown with all kinds of plants, were held out in front of her. A vine snaked upwards, and cradled diagonally in her palms was a strange spinal column.
The tall, square base of the statue was covered in carvings of a web-like grid of circles. In the center of each circle was a small dot, making them look like tightly packed cells.
