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Updated: September 16, 2025
So as the remaining men and women returned from their various labors -there were fourteen in all -Kalus took his place at the far end of the long table, not to distinguish himself, but because he did not wish to sit closely huddled among creatures he did not know. But it never did. These people seemed to genuinely care about and support each other, and to respect his wish to be silent.
KALUS. ALASKA. NEW YORK. What were they but names? What was this place, truly, but the untouchable Land of the Dead, which the sun had somehow invaded. As her breath came easier the thoughts slowed and became less feverish, but did not change in character. Her body ached. She felt lonely and numb and afraid.
I'm not nearly as shallow and glib as I come across -a defense mechanism I guess, to keep myself from being hurt. But I do care, and I'd be honored. And he gave Kalus his hand on it. Kalus took it in his own, finding unexpected relief, as Sylviana watched him, and listened to Dr. Welles, and felt her hard resolve begin to waver.
Hear me, Kalus, I do not give my thoughts easily. Sometimes it is better to trust, even at the price of great pain..... Your heart will know. But do not carry the weight alone. It will crush you. 'That is all. Be at peace. Kalus lifted the knife and moved away.
There is only one more thing I must ask you. 'What is it? 'Why did you not die with the others? And living, how have you not grown old? Is your flesh so different from mine? 'No, Kalus. It's very much the same. She felt weak and tearful, but also a strange determination to see it through. An unusual emotion for her: direct rebellion against despair.
'What is he doing? asked the girl. At the same moment Kalus heard a loosened stone sent plummeting to the bottom of the canyon. Its dry echo sounded sharp and clear below. 'Sylviana, listen to me carefully. He spoke firmly, moving closer. 'The mantis is coming toward us. Do not cry out -he probably won't hurt us. But you must do everything I say without questions.
Her scientific education told her no, it couldn't happen. But was anything impossible here? She doubted it. She turned the pages again, stopped at the illustration of a lesser species of cave-bear. Again she showed him the book. 'Yes, I have seen them, though they live mostly to the north and west. But it is not a good likeness. Exasperated: 'Why, Kalus? Why isn't it a good likeness?
But strength still lived in his arms, and fires still burned in his heart. He turned to Sylviana. 'Have you any strength left? he asked her. 'The current no longer bears us ill, but I think we must still approach the Island on our own. 'I'm exhausted, Kalus. I feel half drowned..... Can I rest a while first? 'Yes.
Kalus seemed to understand this, because he stood silent and made no further move, staying the cub, who would have stepped freely to the meat her friend had provided. The tiger looked at the tree, then at the man. He vaguely recalled his mother, coming upon the scene of another tiger's kill, and the way it had first snarled, then yielded, allowing her to eat..... At last he solved the puzzle.
He led her to his bed, and together they breathed deeper air than they had for many days. Later that night, as they slept side by side, Kalus dreamed that he rode across a vast expanse on the back of a great horse, its silver mane flying in the wind of its speed.
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