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ents and embroidered cushion covers, brightly coloured alien objects that scrambled for possession of every surface. He did not intend to remain here long. “The first person to arrive was a tall man with long, straight, black hair. It flowed over his shoulders and down his back.

I sat on the forest floor beside her, or walked with Badea, who was pacing a small circle out around us, watchfully. This was not a good way to leave life. I saw lines in the sand, like tide marks. “Nothing like that,” she said.