STAFF STUDY NUMBER I By ALFRED B GLASER A REPORT OF THE OR PROBLEM AND § LEADING TO A SOLUTJourney ‘The trip was uneventful. Motion was attained, maintained, abstained by Alfred B. Glaser ea ou 4m accordance with law. Mich speculation was aroused, not about what eee toney eamamaata had happened, but about how to remedy the situation. Upon arrival — Box 3232, Riverside, CA ees s2s19 Dut that Le not the Journey. In suming up the Journey, 1 was not. Staff Study #1 re Action tm aw Content: (1) Report Section Pages 2-229 (2) Concurrence and Approval Appendix & (2) detton Appendix B Prepared by: Jano of the Law Rodoraed by: Council of Law, Myraid for Action References: ‘The Real and the Reflection, found in context of the Report Section, Report Section to be read in FULL before commitment. Alowline and bridgement. 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I can no longer hinge that are under me, atta bending places, which in turn fuses into a thick, round object dalfvay up ay enerey Line, and thi ‘trunk four-fifthe of the way to ay 1 ‘encasenent, which I must call in Relation law, ay patter paloed in conjunction, while Helation law placed ay in tore me lovee from Fore, and the parte that had becose burst under elation law into blue and red fire, fire being ‘the vision spectacle of pure energy chemical change in the Blue ‘through, tn all places, on) cannot ook through such of this Blue 9: would be of nothing as the Relation law top in the very edge of this Blue Sea thic jot are coming toward me. They ‘nove on two long appendages, and they lock =~ how shall I aay trying to subdue ay energy line, trying to block ay floviine. If 1 were not free of all law except one, al) knowledge tow 1 beyond this Porm that ie nov covering my energy Lines would be 21 of ne, with nothing before and nothing after, as this chenical) J) Yany thinge are strange here, and waten myself. There may be lave in thts apply. So, that cannot be. But the lay Does 427 Ani So there will be Forme here with floviines, 1 should not have doubted you, but again, Iam a husan nov, an 1 not, au LL thet lawe and shortcomings, but only with the grace of uninyaired flovline, and the pover of abridge- ment. So 1 must live anong them, find the reasons which made your just ruling an unjust one, then find a vay to adjust the eisference. Forever exile ma not the judgeent. It 18 thie Blue Sea chenical that renders thelr floviines ail but useless, and your jgment that they must find themselves before they could again find you. exist im many begotten by those who have floviines, sarily impaired Sloviines, #0 that this v secure prison for ther, but not for their innoos ot jaoned ones with flovlines are free to leave this Blue ‘they flow but 4t seems thie te dented tae nt to hold your law complete, There ie 0 6! about. ‘This tine J will blind them to me until I pert of then. Ino longer care for the pain of separation of body and soul, not until nor unless I have to undergo tt. before a new body forme. This monotonous.There 1s one thing I must do before 1 ALL of there humane wear materiel dra even the tiny young ones playing in the dirty puddles of stzgnant witer, and more than half of the peo} different. I should have expected thie, Deca must have two sides, even in dyrat of cou lapension line between the blue Sea and the flery enerey by the mineral content of this place meeting st and there causing « balance to fore, 20 thie place of solid matter has two partially Anter-nized. 40 T ying, the whole self ie two separate persons here. They are male and fenale, and they must becoue one for achtevenent purposes here in this place called Harth, ‘but why do they wear maters Bven au I ponder thi je to cover thenselvest ‘the visible bell of energy they call the oun te dropping fron eight. Hy body feels odd. Wonders of wonders! Thin inperfect covering of ay energy line 7 create sufficient heat to wars itself! The coabus of ste ove tons are not mufficient unto itself, eo it must hav 1 ‘Mona nelp in this instance. for I shall freeze this poor body of mine, and thie might cause T must quictly find « covering, a separation of Being and body again. What a migorable place this ust I dare not search thie late in the ay for clothing, so T must use an energy cover to 1 out the chili until euch, 2 T can squire clothing. There, ay body 1s now wars and refreshed. | } What te the matter with these humane? 4s 1 wok tovard then Uy thelr dwellings, my body completely abut off from their view. They run around wildly. Sow they are prostrating selves in the mud, the ones that haven't run among trees! 4A 00114 wall of the Fear law encompass me. Those Forae ‘throwing fear out in sheer vaves of pant: T atand azong those that are left, watching the long, soaking up muddy wats be, An sublinated golden bair of the femal ering the sort curves of their bods repo hy 0mm body 10 19 outstretched in aupplicatio: Feacting to this strangely. I can feel At ripple as 1t wante to go to the confort of ite other half. Comfort? shades of lyrtad, 1t wante to mergel 1 resain motion: tasting thie new antitatter te 0: + the achieverent pr Long @ravn out affair, with puleations of extrene sanctity mantfe nile the energy line builds and then sheds a replica of Ateelt unt f-Andulgence ordinance, which has not Dut here == ah! These humans have & Ligntiy been ¢1 afferent lav, bused on thetr on ater, but obviously coupled with the floviine of energy law. But enough of this. now 1 must placate these humana. What are they afraid off Flows the ansver, Mun? and 1 atep mytelf and look at myself. the enercy 1 clothed nyself with 1s clearly visible. Fam nothing to the earthly eyes but « tovering, soving flame, standing brilliantly anong thest ‘hte vind ne guiek, into the évellings made of mud and tree branches hang nates J with which to cover nyaelt fond Keep ay body warn. I turn off ny warning energy and run nto a dvelling, bang a long cloak around ee. There, iow 1 will valk out and vatcn these poor humans, Keeping nyse]hey are rateing thetr het Looking around fearfully ow that the Slane bao aicappeared. Jy gather in tight groupe jabber, eyes big tn their arouné big fires of tree bran facen, eapecially big in the faces of the young gizla. Ay but to confort thes. vo, I cust think of this couferting process, It might be against the law of Self-Indulgence. but ‘they are puch calmer now. Poor 1a alnost gone. How is the time to make nyself knomm to the Eve te Looking at heavily muscled nan pointe « thick finger at me ané Sou!" he wante to know with rage. “éhere 41d you get fay cloak? Tou are vouring ay cloakl Give me back ay cloak, tater" Wow how oan I do this stupid thing? My body will freeze, even though the big fire te Keeping me very warn in front. The girls look very cute with the mud plastering their golden tir ‘and slowly drying, But the nen Look awful, a1 hetry and Uunkespt. epecially the one that te advancing toward ne, anus reieed threateningly, demanding bie cloak. “atve me ey eloakt” ne ahoute im ay face. "Ur 1 shall tear 1t from you, even 4f I have to Kil] youl’ and ne fone of his big hande into my face. T etusble backwards, fighting for balance. 4h, this Jain law da terrible. Energy fire e to be burning ne as ny nose atarte to lose that peculiar red atuff again, and the Fear lev ripples through me. 1 Go not want that pain again. Bo? How do you 1ike that, big husan? Me 48 locking atupldly at hie other hand that he bad suashod at ay face after he drew the first one back. It te burnt and broken fron the energy flare 1 put between ay face and At. Fain 1 harsh on hie ugly featur pein and fear as he backs off 11 the re tering at 1d epetibound by the flare of light that met fiat, 1 auppose. "Cone, nan," I said softly, knowing that ay mind would convey the san soning and sound the sane as their sporen Pe re eat re ee eae reac eee oe ene eee Sete earthen eal ane ae rata ee es se era eee aes At te as good an At ever wan, ten't At?" Whet 0 the faut of these usans? They are all about to otart eibbering vith fens Do they not know the Laintainance lev? Obviously not, gone of the pretty gtr) fainting! ‘meat 48 the fellow we Killed in the £1014," sone other men ghoute hysterically. "Right after the big star fe11 thie ‘asternooal " js gone into the trees, except + apparently sleeping. je of thought vith then right now. 1 certainly net mmtrance up. Hy usefulness, ay chance of being one of thie group 1s gone, But I have learned © few things about bunana. And thie body that covers ay enerey Lines, 1¢ must form the sane way, regardlens of how many tines At gete Killed and I have to oravi from it. Tate will bea tage that I must keep in mind. Dut the ripple of pleasure ‘through my dody at thought of merger with one of the girl halves of these strange creatures. 4h, I think 1 shall enjoy that source of knowledge seeking, 1f At 12 not forbidden ime by the Self-Indulgence lav. As I walk avay into the night among the 1 Hloviine emerge, and the Seif-Indulgence law becose relationship to these people. It te really etmple: I shall not make myself over again without confirmtion. Hor the question 4a: Af 1 merge with one of these girl-bumana, will I be maxing “nyself" over aguint Or just thie body that hangs to ny energy Linest T abali have to find out. In the meantine, 1 must keep traveling until I find more humana, This time J vill frighten then, I hope, But what te thie big ental, rushingtowrd me from anong the dark trees? Year in this new body 1. Lam free to do ao, but I must not do it unless it fof mine is running rampant. The aninal ba ite mouth wide weary to Vaintainance of ny energy in this body or the open, shoving rove of big, sharp teeth. The thing wante to 1 anagh energy in Ate face and 4t abruptly yee and clave at ite muzzle with hort, almost bunen arze, Keening a strange ory in pain. dd, everything here asene to have pain! 1 walk on, leaving it atrange noaning behind ne until Iam safely avay, then I use the Fain- siuttered, tainance lav to correct the dasage I had to inflict. Dut T ust be careful as I stride hastily among the dark trees not to let another of the animals surprise me, but way not clothe myself in warn energy? This cloak I am wearing 10 but ay Dare 4 arma are cold, and the enerey 1 need not worry about having this body eaten, and I as no een ase naan ussteaala faved) Longer cold, mor 40 these poor feet hurt from the rough, stony suck thie air into to keep this bo constantly novi weaker. I cannot nov seems lov in thisReport Section Taree these people drown-akinned, with large, iustnoue eyes and black hair, tall, sleader bodies, graceful and Moving, and rickly ormanented clothing, totally Aitrerent fron the mud and tree branch dvelling peoples I siret mete As I wale enong then, coming fror the direction of the river, they Look at me curiously, but that 19 all. There are 22 groupe of men, with heavy, thick leather clothing, jeru) ornanents, with long wooden sticks in Jo tipped with thin mineral element ~~ metal =~ but they are Sgoring mes The dvellingsare tall, saybe five one in particular that I must examine. It te wonderfully |, ormanented with this eilver and gold metal, with pany of the men in their heavy érese standing stiffly about. As I atart up the surprisingly soft stone steps, two of ns ove quickly im front of me, the metal tips of their pears touching my chest, thelr dark eyen cold and atill. 4 third man marches stiffly tomard ua, band on Bilt of bis metal knife and avord. Mahe body of xine 18 weary and footsore, ite atonach wanting food and drink, but for all of thie, I a not about to ‘go through the pain of leaving 1t again, although I do not want bunane- 1e yout" the men with band on avord hilt wants to of ae. know, coning to a stop to one jolce te Liquid, so harsh and different from the hut anane. no has rely adpiring the beautiful for & better look and 3 ensure you 1m “ie te forbidden for you to be in this part of the city, surnoned," he informe me coldly. "You should remain favong the workers. lov 1 must jut you in chains and take you ent of xy dody, and they are places of mich Deauty. beck. 1 aleo could put you to death as an example, then drag ‘you bebind other slaves to shov what happens to those that ao not obey order 10 worker," I explain cautiously. "I just cane fron # journey of such distance and tine and walked fron the river to here, through the beautiful gardens and evinning places. The Least you could do for a weary traveler is to feed and confort his." Mate Captain of the Guard Looks Am stunned indig~ nity. Yeo, now J know, I opened ay mind to knowledge of thie place, and now I know. And none of the things that have hap- ened to the workers -- or slaves == shall happen to thie body of mine. “tay no hand on thie body of mine," I warn calmly. "I have no desire to witness yain." and he te a warrior, he thinks! the captain laughs deriatvely. "We have heard many tales of the warriors of the far orth Country! nat apear throwing savage took your weapons, © dignty Warrior? Or $4 4 woman steal them while you alept?” “I am Jano, and 1 need no weayons," I answered eoftly. “snd 1 know not of the liorth Country yet. why ¢o you cal) me 0 Af 1 vere uch a nant” “Your yellow hair and almost white akin, as if the desert or snow bred youl That Ae why, and do uot try to make bred of the oun's rays, except the slaves who toil for their bre and freedom. Guard the captain but I must draw on floviine. And ere around here will know I am present, presence of another. I do not want this yet. I must walk azong t people and learn. But I can dra on this planet's energy without detection, and use 1t for ny body's sake. Forfe of the Maker of the Lave, snd I spt one. ‘Therefore I can both use exist, but only changes through an endless cycle, that te made by the taker of laws can cease to Bt ‘can change to Be in Porm, or Substance, but the pure encréy renains. And the Substance of the Energy oan reproiuce 1taelf, a0 witnene th mate in front of nel "ome, Jano of Yellow Hair," one guar ‘ie wish you no harm, but the man of the whip will be of different nind." “ave four mood," laughed the otners rupted." ry to be tn} “a win go with you," I anevered. "But lay not a band upon me." “a proud one," the captain said derteively. ‘Tell we how proud he 4s under Klavia‘s whipt" and he turns Adly and gazes upon the serene courtyard. of me and I ymik with ng to wander ainles ly between ‘that © stranger may not imnediatedly {Ut Movers with « bitter scent, If In there, Yellow watz," ny guard informe other turne tnt nother courtyard, much exaller and Deautiful than the one where I was firet taken in hand by these ourds. I walk in as bidden, and look Xeemy at the three clender girle dancing with much wriggling clothes, then at the ‘thick, greatly fat man, also without elo o 12, who lay at the of a smell artificial waterfall, with one girl 11ck ie hairy chest with « small, pink tongue, while he fond) bare boson with one hairy hand, the other hand holding the stock jaye not unkindly. fof a! tong, orbides seuther wushy wisn obal2 vasa of woul at the extrene ends *outt" the oupine fat wan hovie. "Take yourselves from here, or I shall ace to St that you do your guard duties tn ‘the foul nud of the clay pital” "oaptetn Kelagon eende us," one of my guards ansvers Anpolentiy, looking bie £111 at the dancing girls, ‘vith thie yellov-haired slave. Do you wish to face his anger?™ “Dann the captain,” Klavie mutters, not without some fear. lie turns his large, full of « cruel 1 wild deal vite ‘The foulnens of the creature, daring to attenpt escape tt ny uns sre rightrully over snarls and the after the aun te two hands above the earth, wotp wrtge: ike @ snake tn his readying hané jar Klavie," one guard said ancothly, “the captain wishes us to renain, He wants to know how proud Yellow Hair 4 under your whip." “un, a proud one, Ae he?" Klavie grovie. "I find no Jt leant," and be proud ones under ny bai be starts to rise. 1 anfore Klavia, moved the icking girl “ay nothing upon thie body o! as I pust in fairness. "Or what you atteapt will come beck ‘upon you." wath te aprings fully to hia feet, anger Dashing An bie "You are a proud one!" he bellows, and mince bie whip tm a sadietic, eptnning arc. And the whip becones © onake, with ite head biting his hand, vnile with tte tail tt fal 2 ummerei fully. ‘She guarde stand in astonishment and fear, while the dancing girls shriek and run avay, the one at his feet prosptly feinte at the sound and fury of hie screaming fear and pain. Blood 1s Jusping from hie naked body under the lash. bat ‘9 truly g00s thrashing he had planned for this body of nine!ves free of their fear. re they attenpt to pierce the ‘Ten the whipping lavie was to me te at an end, and the in @ mere leather whip, wrapped around the bloody smosning body of the prostrate Klavie. the guards stare at At etupiaay, then tum upor howls, and both drive thetr spears at ay chest. ‘Then they stand, southe open but sound. of piercing ny body. weir loge go to shaking wovbily avay, until they press gninet the courtyard wll, the naked ends of their wooden sticks an astonishment to thelr di I walk frou the courtyard, repairing nothing because 1 have danaged nothing. upon the ones intending. free, bat I will not go beck to the Falace. beauty will be inside a dung heap. And, no doubt, one of the prisoners, with their Mintted foviint store of these soulless creatures to go before then. Firet 1 must go into the bovels of this jug city, and learn what tet lay for these peoples here in the heart of the efty te truly not tn floviine force. They know nothing of flow of their rights, for they have rights But nowhere io there strong energy lines, and ‘the remnante of the floviine they inherited are of flesh and blood and tiesue, which they call « "brain, they are only of now. ‘their Masters and degettore. It te truly no fault of theirs Anger te rising within clear through me to ny floviine. For I have this right, the right of freedoa fros the Anger law, but 1 responsibility of this right, whlch the Kasters of prisoners + But what could ave srpected of tere? They have been turned loose in what scene Likely to be a Farad ‘OF then, with no one to anaver to but thems ‘They have winifully forgotten that they vere cast here 1r the Maker of the wave and learn again to be a part of Sloviine under Mis lave, so they could rejoin myraid and tae wonders of Hyraid. Maybe they have found these wonders better, and if + 1 abel pave to change that! the forall be @ fearsose thing to benol But 1 must contain sy ova anger, until auch time ae I an ready to lay t down for alt beyond these soulle: Dbegottens of le, de Ae of he, but with one law Left unto Hineelf, and all of this ts of Hie purpose. dyeelt te of Hie te pur 21 contain aysei ny may to the clay pite- Ly wedzed, cha shoved auong the laboring spring stray into mud, which 1s made by others of the pouring water from containers which they carry full from the far avay river. Tale te indeed a body wenrying teak. But vith ay anger An contro! I can do nothing but be one of the aleve and join then, suffer with them, 1 4% en learn nov, if thie poor body of mine stays with me. 2 think 4t amall of sity be Ateeie completely apart. aenin of « different coloring and tex- ture, I atand out anong then in ay waits Lose this boty, 1 must come back with e place, and no doubt I shell be of the coloring of th can ‘The men and wonen working around me are eyeing xe covertiy. 1 think they would Like to walk, but are afraié Decause of the men guarding us with short, thick whips. After the sun tas noves off most of the heavens, the guard of xy group motions for me to cove to him. 1 have noticed that allbut no chain connecting then. with the beavy chain slapping between ny 2 Ae the reason why the otnere have $0 1 abanble over to the guard ytand before him Sénat are you called?" the guard demande, fiering bie wnip t) on the mud around my feet. gnen Jano 1t te," he said indifferently. "If you promee pot to try ie te only be puniennent has not been done you.” jcupe from," 1 anaver truthfully 1£ your Ansolens snapped, throwing an odd~ nayed piece of metal into the mud at any feet, "Use that to yourself, then wear the chain around your waist a8 4 and picked up the Key, fumbled in the mud A searing dura leaped across ay ‘yot 012 cay, slave the guard enapped, reagying waip for another blow. I rateed ay eye Looked at wile the chata aropped froe wy ankles. This guard will no longer do anything You nay lover the wal 14 pace back and forth, “if you ever raise the waip At will strike only 701 wntepered softly. strike 2 plexed up the chain, hooked 1t around my watet, 11 key to the guard, who caught 1t nkly, with no reflection of thought in bis eyes, They w 2 blank nov as they would be the day he ated. 1 ture wad Joined my group, and apparently they bad notte ye group noticed 1 ) J 1 the unattention of their guard. They whlapered among thense wed acrous their ahoulders, they became “Where come you here, and hov are you called?” @ thick, heavyeet elderly man wanted to kno "L come from far, and 1 “dow se 4t that you talk a t celled Jano," I replied. that Ae different than the guard, ‘the others on the far of the city?” \re from fer to the north and east, and were captured land brought here to work for our freedos," he replied, and epit Ante the muddy ooze. Already nothing eles.” “inat of your "ound he uot have storyed this?” “uur leader wae Killed," he aatd heavily. "iow we have none, apiarently." Tie Se odd. A prisoner cannot be "Kills 1, Did he abandon then, or vas any nore than taken by other prisonera? fore you alvays in this place fros where you wi captured?" 1 at “Long, ong ago, our fate cane from yet f car avy cast," he anavered, looking at we in wonder. "Dut Bow could you know this? How could you know that they £1 just auch Anjustice ao this, but worse, Decause the leaders were of our ane kin Svnat are you called?" 7 Ovner guarde fron other er ced. Tt de time to op the questions nearby are looking tate I do not want to couse fear of Af among these slaves. "1 am called aebru,” he ansvered, lowering hia head fand stomping furiously. "But At de best we remain quiet. 1 ‘think our guard hae bad a sunetroke and Knove not what be is to do, but the other guards yei22 alert. ve wil ots fr in our compound." Me etoapy ane1 nox Know that the begotten of the firat Four-Tripa, at least nove of thea, have deserted their begette wandered acrose the face of the vast -- to then to better their lot. 2f they only knew that they to recall at any tine, that their prison every minute of the day and night, just Just what they were doing, what ible thing their liv would bel Without hope, without the freed sm tnt ‘the aninale enjoy jould-benso-besutiful place called earth, they would become Less even than the chentoals and sinerale that made ‘then, and would be better off AF they never existed. without, ‘a Yast and @ Future, they could uot even enjoy the only thing ark, toret sand s00n to take our place, and we assembled into wrohed tovard the city. Then an azazing Yupte £11led the air, made from anal wo objects some of the prisoners took fros their muddy cloth and then votoes sounded aveetly together, all of one sound, ‘the sound rising and falling an aveet, flock of happy birde sing! 0 thewe begot knew the part of Kyraid, that part that Ae all wonder wong and joy! Their vote oa coming from earthly 1 ware as nothing to the Song lav, but the anaring thing tet they know! But I an giving them too much intelligence. Of course thetr prisoner Hastere would try to regain sone of the comfort of the Song law of Myras ‘they would tench their begotten to imitate 1t ible. 1 only ‘hone unas could once jong of hyraiat 0 much to be done here, a0 auch to correct. 1 feel Lost, and bewildered anong then, knoving not where to start, nor where to end. I have gone answers, and now I have another. x + mud walled enclosure, very vast, yatering «Lert Mghted with many torches, and the long line breaks up. 1 follow saebru, Deceuse I know nothing elas to do. He Looks at me as I enter hig anali but, then drops the curtain behing "1 wild anare ay quarters with you," he tove 1ightiy. “such ae they are, but I will not share ay wife. You are welcone ouch 11ttle as there te." to all ot "T thnk you," I bow 4m return. The Kindness law te leo known here == but, of course! The better for the prison Matera again! $01 shall not be remark ore about the parallel systen here, the system that 1 inp 14 on the begotten Am a opall try to imitate nyrase “and who bring you here, to partaxe of the little we fand our gon have?” aske the wonan standing in shadow by « anal fire within the wall, tending sonething that snelle wonderful tou srved stonach of mine. je 16 Jeno, and a otranger, standing in need," anevers Maebru. "Ie that uot enough, Rebeka?™ “You never forget thie kindness that brought ue to thie,” Hebeka onaye, but she ontles Just the ease, turning tome. ‘Lo you, Jano, wish te partake of our Kindness, too, a0 you can later use us more to your will, ‘the Pharoahe have 1 warm you, there 18 not much more of us to use." “I partake of your Kindness, and to uge you, but not as ‘the Foaroahe bo Tangwer truthfully. "thie day oarke a now beginning, and watle things untold renain to be done, it faleo orks an end, but speak not of this to others. Kot unti for a) of your children's sake, and that follow ther. And since you offer me part of yo dounty, let me offer you a yart of but rene word, because © word now would be an unkindness, doth to youre fand nyself. Do I hear « pron! of tnter" Maebru and Pebeka looked skeptically at me, then at each other: tisebru shrucge: not unkindly. “ke you wien," he sald vith concealed anuscnent. Te sual table decane clot Ya with pure gold energy, and viands auch as sr kmew, or would ever know, heaped 1t to overfieving."r beg of you, eat your £111," I epoxe gently to their astounded minds, "Por nore 1s ever prevent, to be re: pany ways by such an act of Kind 1 Report Section Pour Aaebru leaned back on his rough stool, stroked bis ‘Led contentedly. pany nen of Hagie, but none such £411 the stonach at the sane ake things be that be not, of producing from fand caueing the very such suddenly to be nothi ‘then there are thon acquire « nev and be tale that the Masters tl 1g Known that 1t ia but just fand give then no trouble by being good and doing wey treaten us with forever fire after death, withumtold agentes to our ‘spirite’ if we do not do as bid by them. jovardly, horrible trick to play upon im softy. "rt 10 not as easy an that votes, "I must anever thie may: f again. Yor others, such ae ayeelf and ny wife, no, ve shall not live again. It seena that only the Masters oan live again." In thie aonent I was sorely tem and look into the ind seek floviine, ru, ia was an astonishing Antedtigence, and I wondered 4f he, not knowing it, was one I curbed the tnyulee. 1 wanted to then, and already I regretted ay Sapulae ovever, Haebru bad given me the ceans "mne Masters ie, then they cone back again, with young, strong Dodies, alvays treating us the sane vay as before, and they oan do things that none of us can do. Truly they are éifferent, ‘and they are oruel. They treat us as dirt under their feet.” Tou are but dirt == for now =~ I thought, the thought Doth oad and harsh. But Haebru was not a Master. He had used cause and effect in his ovn mind, and cane up with « surprisingly accurate anew! “but cone now," he suddenly spoke with energy. “It 1s 1 1 ) Ante, and we must work again with the gun. It ts tine to make tate table arthough reoaine « mystery tous. We hall again by filthy with one hand's sun.” an, and clean ourselves before way we bother to clean oursels poke quietly, and it was clean. “and now where ie the stuff to make ourselves clean?” Maebru and Rebeka locked their astonishment at the empty table, then Hacbru threw back his gray head and laughed long and oud. “so you are a Magictant" he finally said, wiping the heavy arma on the trong as you are beau be burying that beautiful face of yours acon, and all the strength," I ansvei truthfully. "but I am of perfection, therefore 3t must need de that I have ai) that ts needed. Ie ‘that not Logteal?™ "Tou speak with a glib tongue," Rebeka said in a troubledSwot Hacbru ejaculated, locking at his anining ody land clothes, "A truly great asgictan are you! But when T avace, I will see the f11th again, and my stomach will be ress" Rebeka eaid thoughtfully, staring at ne Le from. ‘mere 4 something not of thin earth here. 1 feel At. There de a vastness anong us tonight, such as was 4u my mind when I gave birth to Josep." T should have known. Birth, anong even these non-flovline hmusane, a creation. I must quickly renedy the situation, and I must be aware of these vouen here forever more: they have the mystery of orention. ‘hn 12iunton that 40 easily adjusted," I eatd to Hasbru, Looking at his body and clothes again. "You seen to be as saithy as defore." oe , casting blank eyes upon ate f4ntny a ald have Let tt be. One eh na said eventy. about, to be put outelde of your daily lives, W111 you treat, ime no, please?” scrubbed at. I would aay, Af you truly mnt &¢ 1 turmed ay face to até gave me. am T ‘the other alt fon this earth. Or te Tue wsouble 4 am having! anong wilese ume, wivn dothing of Joy to sustain me. vont e truly miserable plight thelr extete But I suppose I must mate to bec What a bothersome thought, and auch sore Heber hastily poured water into an earthen bowl, ber Lape pureed silent rebuttal for ny unpracticable Joke of bbe apoke through the water he was splashing into his face. "she has anouca to do cooking, and cleaning, and getting more slaves I must take you to will make @ place for you ‘come back to ‘are atiil alive. Do not be alarmed," he looked at nie blankly. fand your meat 1s 0 easy and unnuscled on your body. See?”Me tensed hs short, wide dody and everything becase bumpy and hard Like stones, standing out tn the torchlight in bold reise * ehali Live," I anid quietly, drying my beard and air by squeezing as I aay hin Tt de the law of cause and effect, yuelf. asdru could use Logie, hae would inmediately become puri ound cooking bi jobru informe me. "Tt wil for our breakfast. ‘until you return tonight." Maebru took me by the arm and forming into line. Jano, for your compound tonight," fand bored guard at the heavy gate to ‘tae guard f1icked ie whip idly, looked the alert and energetic Haebru this morning, Thetr heavy time with thelr while thetr long, 4 floats Am the breeze and their 2 bine, with black, aparkling eyes yy and quickly looking away again when + My body ingles and seems to cone alive as the day weare on, and an the girla become nore bold + bumping many tines into me, I think 12 100k desurely Ante ‘quioxly concealed when they lover their This excitenent coursing through me is new, and somehow pleasant. I find ayself waiting for one certain girl to buap ‘me again, and when jee, I turn to face her, keeping ay stomping body pressed againet her surprisingly soft and yielding hor tongue darte out and nervously M1 lips under her short, fragile looking, ee8 exch ting! "I am called Galo,” ehe breathes without moving her now wot, shining lips. "What are you called?"about this when I next get to talk with hia, which 1 hope. 5. of which he informed 1 and maybe sone of then nd ne Haedru said mtldy a8 startled. He looks at meas if Tan feo that bis voice 1 started to lute * ne finally stops bis ing bis tangled, dirty bout the lav of mating, not the actual Ateelf. Well, that te « long atory, and the law bas changed many tines.” sme law as of now," I interrupt shortly. that At makes mu: not be slaves forever. There are other sections of our people ‘and cur freedon has been promised, and « new land has been promised, far fron here. It seams that te why we Imunan thought. "put At must de made mown to you, 1f you will mate with un and become one of ue," Haebru objects seriously. "Our religion has many laws, and it hes many rituale, and our children must be taught all of these things, ao both the faret question until he ao know ee They od by the Masters so that the} wre in this world what they lost in kyraia. Lstele do the Dastere knov that these self-nade lave may featch thea, too, im ite mesh. "rou know the lava...” Mabru echoed in surprise, finger- combing Bis tangled beard in wonderment. "Then you must be « mexber of another section of us + you could not be. Ho, it "Lam me," I anever shortly. "I mow not who you think ten" "Lt Se anid that @ Leader will cone among us, and lead ue from troubled tines," Haebru sounded doubtful, but he watched me with narroved, Keen eye, "Could this person be eal of last evening was real. I have had better strength today than ever before, and I had « wonderful i yout I mov w ove move The last seemed to have convinced hin beyond 11 doubt, So these humane have algo the Hope lav. Weertly I wonder Af my question will ever be answered. The Hope law Se one that always maken toncrrov bearable in Kyraid, becauselay Ae tonorrow and yesterday 18 tale earth, St has been used to f-entruction. They can hope that + Me have no pover and no wenn to de treet To do as you want, without guards and whips all around yout" “tou apeak of others of your sections as being ‘free.'* Yow owe tate?” bey ow and scrape and beg of the Yaster here, not believe that every nan has a right to 1ifel* mnie Master -- or Pharoah -- raises 4m Kil1ing, who glory An being Ki1le¢, @ thist So he can do as be ye KL12 without meroy. That is hie God and hia religtont* "tnere are many of these ‘religions 'T" I asked softly. “he many an there are Masters,” Maebru snapped. How right aebru ist Only he jot know it. But sonshow the Compassion lav has been bred into these people ‘anong whos Haebru has been born, and they deserve better than to return only to dust. Here 19 « people wno are trying. And ny wind has another anaver, only I know not at the tine the fullness of that anever Would At be that I had not ordered ay flovline to be outeide of this husan body of aine, unless bidden to enter! But then how could I be one of them, and live with then: Weartly 1 long, the ainging @ dull echo in + Galo Debind we suffusing my every thought with ‘and vant, of wate I know not. And Hasbru has "dow do I take a mate?" I aated abruptly. “Tell eel* "Vnat te the name of the mate you wieh?* Haebru asked unt as abruptiy. "I aw you rubbing with one who calle Galo, and ehe now walks behind you. Ie this the one ‘not Like the tone of iaebru‘e votce. He does not, found as Af he approves ay choice. Wont have you ageinat this one who calls herself Galot* Taek quicriy. she te not one of ue," be anavered with weariness in "But ae elaven, we can not plex ask, wondering as to how she case of your religtont™ question: ahs has many of the looks of ‘the Poaroatis people -- her coloring, her builé, her eyes and hair, and not long ago ebe ie brought here by « guard," he shrugged, Aleniesing that part of the subject. "hs to her religion, I do not believe abe has any, deyond that of any female ental." ‘Wnat 40 you mean by that statement?" I ask, surprised fat the anger im this body of mine. “Wotning," aebru anevere hastily. "Tt te only that ail ‘the free nen chase after her, and ehe does not cooone any of ‘then, Yet she te full of breeding life, and the men make fools of thenselves, yet ahs aust think she te better than us fand vill have none of then." “phe will have ne," anever proudly. ‘And eince I am not of your religion, how do I take her as mate!"put you eatd you were of ay religion!” astra snaps. “and 1 am not allowed to tell youl he ansvered shortly. Sy gate 1 anew of your lava," I answered calmly. “and “out Sf we talr of that watch te nct of yours, but what 140." belongs to the whole of the peoples?” I prompted. "rou trick me, you beguile me -- who are you?” laebru le stroked bis beard thoughtfully, 100i crows angrily. “Le that de what we talk about, At te "E wring you no harm, and you trick only yourself, with adnitted grudgingly. "but 4f ‘that human Drain of youre, and I mean you only well, both questions you ask me, company.” - and I wil not, of you and yours," I anaver shortly. "Sow answer ay question, of shall I have to answer it by asking another?” seaiy and turned Wow why 41 to nim, “Waebra, whet have T done to pake you wish to be rid of met" I aek aoftly. "I need your friendship: 1 need someone Fe eee eae Os etupid than even 1 thought. Se eee Lea maga ‘There te the bored guard, with hie whip. How shall T you must be one with your omm people, and not mix with one Fnac ate Caayee e of another, I wish for your friendship, but I cannot olain on At. The diviaton was not made by me, but by the Kaster long before me." . I oin understand this. Bach of the would want what be thought was hie. He T questioned wi ‘to now."deport secuion have 1 topped defore the guard, took I have bad about enough of tn want ta what otber husene want. Why te 4t thet these busans ny 40 they always ft nara? The priscner Masters have ‘their begotten ona dire path, one that will take yo to straighten out. But thie guard will be straightened out in no tine 1f he tries to use that whip. ‘ atand there, fighting to Keep my place and #t1l1 etand erect as the young, running nen rush to get into the ‘compound through the narrov gate, which I am partiy blocking. tinue softly tm order to keep "L wien to take a mate. DoT you not see I pust close the gate since all are inside? “In with yout" and he started to crack bie whip. 1 W121 just leave bi here. He will make @ nice work, of stone art from the coring generations to admire, « lifelike statue of the brutality of aan in these tines, with whip bed igh, tip curling in the air high above hie brutal head. Wor 1 must go to the giria' compound. I have the guards permission, in that he d1@ not deny se my wish. That be did not affire 1¢ 4 of enall Smportance, under the cfrounstances. ae I hurry 00: ‘the large area that ie the assenbly round, I reflect on my sudden tnpationce with the guard. It te wore than the vanting of Galo ~~ yet why I want ber T do ‘not know yet -- that has brought we to take the firet life of fone of these bunans, if “Life” oan be the word. Ho, it 19 not “Late” 1 took; 4¢ de merely the tranaforaing of this earth'senergy. I oan not take that which 1s not, and these bunane -* Tem wondering Af it will be wise to give dering what the Prison Masters bere have bat their begotten, of mere chenical- ter than their begettors? spound gate Le yet oven, with many young, ithe Dodies pressing and equenling to get through the narrow opening. I watch this spectacle for a whtle, wondering why aLing vita. Dut the thought of Galo pressing against me in the clay pit At te that I want one uch a this to share a cones stanpeding into ay husan brain, and I forget al else. J eteply must find out why I want her. That te all As the last girl stumbles through the gate and the guard starts to close it, I step up to hin. "T wien the clave Galo as mat Anforsed hia quietly. “And X want none of your stupld Amperts . Tam in no mood to bicker, #0 I addressed this guard tm other than ay human voice fiat. "Want €o you want?" he aske respectfully, not avare thet ‘ne has already 4 wait patientiy by the open gate. Seconds later he cones running back, dragging Galo by to let a girl out of tne compound witho this one has been after me for the price even though I never lee before. And wanted out of the eoopound. When I go back, he will have the price, I iow that” ‘Wnat have you to pay him with?" I ask without thinzing: ny thoughts are ail on this beautiful creature standing in front of se. "Yor that matter, what ha "vat have T ‘to pay bin wit starts to ask, apparently dumbfounded, then stopa with her sa, face getting pink from the sudden flow of blood into At, I euppose. Waatever it te floving into her fa0e maken her more beautiful than ever. Then her full underi1p pushes out an yee decone darker. This creature sure can change her 0 yt. I do not know Af 1 tke tate present ood. She opens her calmly, "Why do you vant me free of the compound?" snute it, then asks me “T want you for ay mate," I said truthfully. "You must be with me when I go to the place to get our dvelling and rations." “I nave nothing to say about this?” ehe asks quietly after a few seconds, during which her eyes seemed to be"T enould say you have nothing to say about it," 1 fanever m11¢1y, laebru anid nothing about the girl having anything to aay about 1t, and he would have if he thé necessary. Or would he have? Prom the locks on Galo's face, onething was indeed wrong. "a0 you think I have nothing to say about 4t," she repeats softly. "Tou are a strange type of fool. 1 think 1 have never met a stranger type of fool!” Ten “Dent she enepe, Like p An the gras. "Because 42 girl preauen her body against yours, you think sbe te ready abe to sleep with youl You -- you -- you're Anpon shaking with anger. "From what cresy land do you come? Yrom the barbaric north? Do they treat their wonen thie way? ‘ven the guards here ask a girl's perission firett™ she con- other silently, until se Degine to look « 1st and afraid. "It you have nothing more to say, I had better hurry back to the compound or I shall be waipped also," he aid in 2 anal votoe finally. jolt" I ask blantly. "But today, tn the pite...." ) J ) “ave the quarde whipped yout I ask, shocked. If any guard has ==" "We, not she ansvers thoughtfully. "If they tried, but I think T know." I do not know vhat I wou ik from such « tiny, weak thing! But there weature that I do not mow. weak. If they ware, we would alread; get a dvelling and rations, instead of place standing here looking at each other. "Cone, we are wasting tine," I urge, tating her hand. ‘She 1ooke at her hand tm ine with surprise. ‘Ve must hurry, OF maybe the évelling and ration place will close.* Mer pretty little mouth opens in surprise. | I ‘ante! with you, a= you oai1 at7" janent. "I thought T ae! "of course you are going to mate with trumfully. "I want you to, te that not enough? “Tou need # lot of teaching, a lot of giri teaching!" fhe snaps at me. "Yo one born of man could be a0 stupid as yout Have you never talked to « girl before? And 4f not, surely you have talked about girls with other men, haven't Your” he aske doggedly when ahe reads the anavers on ny #0 ‘munan face, and now she i very pussled. "mat te why I vant to mate with you, #o I can find out about girla,* I anever truthfully. She tren to anaver this atatenent, but only succeeds im working her mouth open and ahut like some of the fish 1wwe, 1¢ come a noft voice. “But 1 jovnat An nore of St think At reason enough for ‘nating’ fas you cal At. You can find out everything you want to know fabout ae without that." ‘i eant™ wow 1¢ ie ay turn to be astonished. Haebru never said that St could be done without mating. What 41d a aay, anyvay? othing, really, but a lot of meaningless words to wnich I only half Listened at the tine, not having had one of these girl creatures pressed againet ne. ‘Well, you can leara most everything, anyway," Galo Se confused by something ae she opeats baltingly, her face (going pink and beautiful again. "You will have to find another girl Af you wien to learn everything. 1 know just such « girl, but ahe wil want « price to teach you." "a do not vant another girl, I want you," I state truth= fwity. “and Af you cannot ye everything without mating, ‘then way not mate with m on, you are inponeibiel™ ene speaks wearily. "Leave ne go, J must get back An the compound.” an going to mate with "put you can't mate with mei" She ie gloving with what et you go," I answer firmly. "You are fohe apparently thinks te the solution. "You are not of ay religion, So there!” “inat 18 your retigiont® fon, 1 ave none, but you do," she said triusyhantly. do not," I apeak with quiet victory. *come.* Jt ne gol" ane eriea, furtous. "Let me 60 ‘back to the compound and get the business over with concerning ‘the guard, 90 1 can get sone tomorrow." “he ny mate, you do not work tomorrow," I eaid firnly. frou gust xe any dwelling and "und nave your chilére: 1 1 ) She 1s staring at ue as if I am out of ay earthly sind. Wow how can she have anything of me? she te not of floviine, and anytning of the prisoner Masters here caused her to be by merely vaving their ands must bo of floviine. Dose she not know that fo that her begettors were begot her? Tam stupiat UF cours ‘She does not know this chenical-sineral energy here which has ‘taken the fore of ber can in turn be created by her, but only sn energy form. Mot in flovline form -- not yet, anyway for her But maybe for her long line cf ohtié ebtldren At might de. "You have me ao confused," she said finally, a beaten Look coming into her clear eyes. “Une minute 1 think you are erazy, the next I think Ian the one that 11 ‘think maybe the both of us have taken leave of our Why did I have to rub against you, anpmy?" ahe asks of 20 one An particular. You 414, though," I anewer ily. "So now you will, be my mete. bat te a0 bad about that? “I do have @ cholcel she said meanly. “Either you o ‘the guard vill alee with me tontgnt." Se win not," 1 alm ‘shouted. ‘Wo guard 1s going to sleep with yout" Yow why am I a0 angry? To eleep with the guard -- what ‘about that that makes me go all hot inside? This human etting more strange by the day -- and Just now, by ‘lod And what would you do about 1¢7" ahe te taunting mo. "Take his whip avay, maybet™ abe asks bitter-eveetiy. We waa of to be tirai,? 1 said flatiy, and there te scsetniag terribie leaning fren ay vote Gate te toteh feat to ber hand, oye * pronine you tate. 1 anald trent you gently and Hindly, will come to you ~~ ever," I promise gravely.find ask only the same from you. My stupidity has « purpose, fab¢ there are many thinge I do not know. I need you to teach fae sone of those things. Hease?* uo one else has a "mney are alt of religion." J urged gently. "You have nothing to Lose, except the work in the pits." "You think not?" she asks aviftly, and the blood cones to her wsain, then ahe sticks out her underltp again. "Dut wont difference doen At make? I stand to lose tonight Gither way," abe eid to berself, and locked at me from the ide of her eye. “And 1 think you beautiful, and I vas attracted to you, and ll the other girla were openly wonter- * ing Af they would be anked by you vomly -- only now that 1¢ hae hap; de 1 wild Like 4t oF nott™ one £1 She amt aay. to me, 1 do not know wall of fear. “Wothing will hurt you," 1 promised again. "Cone, let un go." 1 walked tovaré the center place, pulling her gently by the band, until she of @ sudden stepped up benide me, Aaughing with true at “You are very atupid," she informed wi brightly. "You snould have Known a1 along that I would go with you." Muose creatures ~~ hov in the world can you understand ‘then? ‘Vno gives you together?” te the firat words of the ancient ‘who tends th ‘Qvelling center, after I state ny purpose to her miléiy. “yuat someone?” Taek blankly. She cackles unt joningly 4m her dry, filthy throat. “Lt te customary," she auld etridently. “How an I to now Af you really mean it, or only out after a night of funt So begone with you, or else bring back your sponsors.” "r nave none," I gay ataunchly and turn to Galo. "Do tte to marriage,” sbe said faintly. ) ) you have anyone who vishes to give you avay?” be anavers tinidly, pressing ol This te deco 1g ridiculous. 7 not trust im anything? This business ting a mate te dectdesly troublesone. In ay irritation, I wish the business ‘The ancient one looks nonentartly startled, pot, throws some foocetuff in it, tucks « filthy blanket under ber arn. fhe bege in a voice that aeons to ave something driving 1t- Galo Se looking slightly dumbfounded, watching the anclant with wide, questioning eyes as we follov in the soft, ” * Galo whispers to ne, ning.” answer enugly. "Fear te good in tte proper place. This ie a man you have for your She apparently attaches something altogether different Pre tomy worde, She giggles softly. "Shat remains to abe waiepere ap we follow the ancient into our new one-room avetiing. iow what oes she mean by those words? How am T supposed ‘to prove farther that Iam truly a nant In the dark I oan no Longer eee her alachievous face, but I can hear the ancient one hurriedly dropping the rations on the dirt £1¢ Janoniehes tn a voice and darte out of the blank opening that nerves as door anc windoy in the foul snelling place. some Light," Qalo vhtepers tintély. fynen make At," 1 advise calmly. “but I have nothing to strike fire with," she vatle. ‘lave you nothing to strike fire witht You are such « many you should bavel" she adds vixentsbly.T nave had no need of fire before, ao way something vith vhich te start 1tf I could ~ manded St to be #0, Galo would surely run g1bbe dveling. ABI I vill go ask Haebru. I must have acne peting tn order to get this bothersome bu ‘up « dwelling over with before dawn light return to work. you wait by the doorvay,” "put 1 have nothing At the ponent from besiae 40 say you wor right now you are confused, and have suddenly ‘and run, just 1ixe any other bridegroom on bis mating nignt." Rebeka laughs softly by the pot she te tending over the fire. "I ao not know of what you ppeak," I anever haltingly. "T came only for something with which to strike £1 any 40 you not use your magict™ llaebru wants to know, Locking at ne slyly. “Surely you could ight the whole compound with at." "Parat tine I ever heard the groom wanting Light on his wedding night," Rebeka heckles from her place by the fire, with Haobra. ‘the sane sly lnughter tn ber voice 1 atgh wears do must of necessity of her fear. You after I have left," be Logether with hareh grating ie must and aparce fly ine otrean. fore the toreh suddenly takes He pushes the ‘toreh into the pile of branches that he kicks into the fireplace fire slowly, then duroe with much black anoke. fand they, too, catch fire and burn brightly. le anapa the torch ima half arc, and the flame goes out. burming both « torch and the fire at the practically, sticking the torch in « hol Feuches to the shelf over the fireplace, picks up t¥o anal, tne door, bt cate ‘are nore red than the ruddy glow fron ‘the fire warrante, I look at her, vondering about the hiddenWoatever 1 stand. I am ready to believe that 1t would hav far better Af I nad been briefed on these humus Defore 1 ‘came, but then that was not possible. That te why I am here. yause of the chesical-sineral: 14 ad no way of contac 7 contition of thie place. ven the prisoner Master enaining flovline 1s blocked by the teeming energy here, because they hed boon “relieved” of their anti-natter component of thie worrying. 1 an star brain, but “ap 18 too much to expect ny mate to cook?” I ank mesningfully, looking at the pot full of raw food: “cook?” ahe repeats blankly, and her face re over agein. “But 1 414 not aay I knew how to cock, "ani wonen cook,” I Angora her loftiiy. tmey dot ane replied, tn an uncertain voice. iow just wnat Kind of a mate do I have bere? Of course! yumane 0 love to do. She 0 making fun egain, the way th I must develop this atrange sense of husor, although I cannot ‘taink of any good reason for it J antle broadly. on F from the earthen jug into Just pour sone the pots" I adviae her, making « chuckle deep in ay throat euch as I nad beard otuere do, ‘hang At over the fire and ve vill oon have hot £004. "You think ot" ee ake doubtfully, eyeing the pot Uhougntfully. "I think that de our ration for a whole period. Certainly 1t must be separated?” 4 well-developed sense of humor, this mate yp mine, now 1s no thee cmnere all of A right aways" I Ling. "Ve can let the rest of At until tonorrow. 1 "y to leave me. After all, it Ss not developed very much yet, and her ruining all cur food 6 of humor threat scene to carry the busor « Dit too fer, Certainly ehe knows ‘tuat water makes those anal bean-like things avell ten tines their normal size -- and that other stuff -- the fine grey ‘stunt they make to bake bread from -- that goats up water like ary and. Well, I must go on with this strange bunor I have started to develop. "Wow hang the pot over the fire," I advise amilingly. Galo te locking at me with uncertainty. "Do you know how to cook?” she wants to know. "I nave seen Rebeke cooking," I reply smugly. "It te staple enougn." “but nave you ever cooked anything?" ahe peraiats in wanting to know. "uf course aot,” I anap and laugh to take the ating = La no wonan.* overs brightly. "You certainly do not look why are you telling me the duties of « "Lam starving,” I state shortly, tired of this etrange sort of thing called huacr. "/411 you or will you not hang that pot over the fire? Only then can we aee Af J am right or not.” ier underlip aticxe out et me and she is glaring with a strange Lignt tn her dark eyes. "ALL rignt wt over the blazing fire. ne anaye tn 42 e016 votce and hangs th She takes a fev ateps backward, tovard the other side of the email room from me, folde her arma across her stomach, fand watches the pot expectantly. 1 turn ay eyes to it waiting for ¥ ‘thing to happen, I really know not what. not need to look for long. First « thin mist cones from the pot, then the content etart slopping and popping within 1t. Som a dark grey muse 1s coming over the ‘top im a das yudty £1008."Lt Ae falling ante the firet" Galo walle, running to tha pot and trying to unhook 1t from above the fire. she yeipe and with tn her mouth, start eke the fingers she took hold of the pot handle ucking on then. Humane thine thie sort of thing very funny, #0 1 laugh oud and heartiay. 6 mutters something under her breath, feuatenes the torch from ite hole in the wall and throve 1t at tae just as the pot lets out a sizzling blurp and Delches moat not know Af the torch bite ne or not. I do uct feel it strike, bea. 30K auppose her “wow you have done iti" she yells from the darkness. "Yow have nut 111 our £004 and also put the fire cutl You stupld, nasty lout from the north country ~~ you == you =" I wait to hear more of this uncommon sort of speech, Dut ahe apparently can think of nothing more to say. How 1s ‘thinke I have done anything? she poured the water, 14 the pot over the fire, Maybe At te some more buns ‘numer? I guppose I must laugh, although my empty stomach ie crying for something to hearty laugh, I bear something strangely resenbling the put into it. fore 1 can work joung obiidren in the compound make when they are Burt. could thie grom wonan be crying Like a baby does? I put out fay hands and fool for her in the darkness. ound 18 Decosing louder, and I have no difficulty taking bold of her, She tries to shake ny bands loose, but 2 old on to her hot flesh firaly- ‘Wow woat te the matter?” I ask plaintively. "can you pot laugh about this? Have you no hunor left?™ Syunor?" eho yelle almost in ay ear and it starts to have Delle 4m it, "You call this humor, you -- you -~" and again she 1s at a lose of wnat further to aay. And then she really etarte to ory, woree than any child I have ever heard! ) lL 4X pat ber shoulders soothingly unttl her wailing dies down. Ae she deconee etii1 in ay arma, her hot body pressed to mine becomes very placid, molding mine in a kind of a fire wale nothing te burning Unlike a fire of wood, this heat 1 very pleasing and tinglial ‘are you very hungry? “Fernape I could save some of the fo0d.... “wungryt™ 1 ak, for I have forgotten completely about food. ‘Thie indeed te strange. "Yo," 1 anaver truthfully. "But whispers after sous tine. voy Ian no Longer bungry te quite beyond ay Knowing.” Yor answer Anughs softly. The very wound of her daughter 8 ny body to tingle more. Much more. ‘“snall we go to bed?" she whtepere into ay ear. to 0," I apenk absentiy, holding on to her firmly when she tries to pull avay. SL guess there ts nothing ou must let me go," ahe said and pried herself loome from my unwilling arms, "I must arrange our blankets. You fee, we ouat put both blankets on the floor, as the floor te atvays dasp our clothing te cover ul 14 cold, then we olae we ghall freeze and not slew 221," she explain ‘around in the darimess while I stand and Leten without hearing, I am still feeling her warm body againet 2! ‘ow give ne your robe," ahe commands, and I fe11 her ye lnughe, alnost silently. "You flaw how will I place your robe over the both of ua? Yow why does the thought of taxing ny robe off cause this human brain of wine feart This te T unwrap the thick, hairy thing from ny body hastily, before the more acute. Maybe someday I will strange bunan brain fear. Galo pulls ny robe