“No part of the highlands of Peru has been better defended by natural bulwarks—a stupendous canyon whose rim is more than a mile above the river, whose rock is granite, and whose precipices are frequently a thousand feet sheer.”
– Hiram Bingham, born this date in 1875, describing the Incan city of Machu Picchu, which he is credited with discovering.
Writing prompt: Write a scene in which your protagonist gets in trouble for misusing something with spiritual properties of which your protagonist is entirely unaware.
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