I knelt by the fire to make certain there were no burning embers left. That was when I spied the tracks of a lion. There were only a few such beasts left in the desert, but one had come here, answering my call. He had been there all the while, watching over me, before he left me at last.

“Do what you want, do what you will, do what you have to, do what you think you …”

“My mother's blood that would last forever after. The blood of my brother, my gr…”

“Nothing could do that to them, that's what they used to whisper as they sat on …”

“If every life is a river, then it's little wonder that we do not even notice th…”