Dark Gods (8)

To cut a long story short, says Hex extempore, there is a battle in the heavens. - Kind of Supermen v Kryptonites.

Well, not quite, nevertheless - the Gods being jealous deprived us of our wings, and we were thrown down.

And the moral of the story is, sez Hex in a triumphant beam, man is an earth-bound creature, pure and simple.

Horn also in a beam:

You have guessed well, sir.

Though, there is one thing I fail to understand, sir. - What is the connection with the Americas?

If they had the knowledge, it was born away in a box. But therein lies another tale.

That, sir, is too cruel.