10-09-2015, 01:48 AM
I freeze. Maybe time alone will heal my wounds. "I apologize deeply. I will leave now." I say, turning away from the falls. My only hope. My hopes for the gates fade as the falls fade from sight. I shriek from pain and crumple. Something's wrong. Terribly wrong. Then I see it. My legs have exposed bone.[i] "Don't let them see you. They don't have compassion."[i] a voice says. I hurriedly wrap it in a leaf from the elephant plant nearby. There, that's better. Then I hurry (best I can) home.