The oracle was a direct message to him from the god of steam. Since he wasn't asleep, the god of steam couldn't send the message to him through his dreams.
The high priest had to receive the message without any buffer. This overwhelmed his mind and caused him to faint.
The high priest's eyes rolled in his head, and he slumped. So he couldn't send Legion's message for the meantime.
There were other priests in the church. But they were busy fussing over the high priest. No one was in the mood to send his letter yet.
They poured water on the high priest and fed him soup. They did a lot of things to wake him, which wasted 30 minutes of Legion's time.
When the high priest woke up, the first thing he did was send Legion's letter to Tesla. The weird thing was that he didn't take any money from Legion for the transmission.
Legion saved 10 silver coins. That was currently 10 weeks of pay for him. So his bad mood about being delayed was eased.
