"If you want to, go for it," Mike said, "but let me say this first - what we know is that they have an artifact, and they're in the process of trying to figure out what culture it was a part of, if it was a culture at all. The only thing they could be looking for in that area is... Well, it's a little bit of a legend, like Atlantis."

There was a faint snort from Keith, and Mike shrugged. "I don't know either, but I know that they're probably looking for a city called Paititi. It's thought to be the capital of the ancient 'kingdom'," he included the air quotes, "called Animaria. A few scientists went out in the... eighties, early nineties? Disappeared down in the area where they're looking now."