12. The Stone

Why does he look like this?

P:”You didn’t answer.”

R:”…”

He pushes me against a tree.

He doesn’t muffle me…

He doesn’t move.

P:”What else?”

R:”Just a moment.”

He must have heard something.

With all the noises in here…

P:”Why?”

R:”Be patient.”

P:”Must be a Bird.”

R:”…”

He removes his hands from me.

P:”What are you doing?”

R:”Come.

We must reach the objective by this week’s end.”

P:”What’s the objective?”

R:”Didn’t you hear?”

P:”Didn’t get it.”

R:”Why not ask earlier?”

P:”I did.”

R:”Oh…”

P:”Why?”

R:”Why?”

P:”What’s happening?”

R:”We’re walking.”

There’s something else.

No point in asking.

P:”These little creatures.

What are they?”

R:”Monkeys.”

P:”That’s a monkey?”

R:”Could be.”

He’s looking at the skies.

There are only birds above us.

P:”We didn’t get assaulted.”

R:”We did not.”

P:”How comes?”

R:”You’ve been made an offering.

Haven’t you?”

P:”An offering?”

R:”This piece of flesh.”

P:”Then…

They won’t attack us.”

R:”Actually we’re walking toward them.”

P:”That’s the Settlement she mentioned.”

R:”It is.”

P:”There aren’t predators.”

R:”Not today.”

P:”Are they staying away from Humans?”

R:”What do you think?”

P:”There’s a case for that.

But that’s only true if they’re threatened.

And they are, only if they are small or outnumbered.

Actually if they are outnumbered.”

R:”Indeed.”

P:”Are there any known predators in these parts?”

R:”Of course.”

P:”What are they?”

R:”They’re mostly nocturnal.”

P:”Night ends up coming.”

R:”There are some potential threats.

We’ll elude them.”

P:”…”

R:”They are guiding us.

Animals shouldn’t trouble you.”

He lets me speak.

And he’ll let me.

As long as it isn’t related to what concerns him.


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