Obsolete Theorem: Across Horizons - Book 1 by Smith Stan C

Author:Smith, Stan C.
Language: eng
Format: epub
Published: 2020-03-26T16:00:00+00:00

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Skyra did not want to stop. Throughout most of the day she had led Veenah, Lincoln, and Ripple across the vast rocky fields of the river plain her people called the Dofusofu. Then they had entered the low foothills of the Kapolsek, the mountains that formed a high barrier her people had never crossed. Veenah was beginning to slow down now, so Skyra had no choice but to allow her birthmate to rest. She stopped the group beside a clear stream rushing noisily over jumbled rocks.

Veenah walked straight into the stream without removing her footwraps or waist -skin and sat down in the shallow water.

“Damn, I thought you’d never stop,” Lincoln said. He removed the green bag from his back and looked at it carefully. He pushed two fingers through a hole in the bag’s thin skin. “Piece of crap is already falling apart.” He opened the bag by pulling on something that made a brief buzzing sound, then he reached inside and pulled out a white object resembling a short length of birch limb as thick as Skyra’s arm. He put the object to his mouth and tipped his head back to drink.

“You might be able to go all day without drinking,” he said, wiping water from his chin, “but I’m getting dehydrated.” He stepped toward Skyra and offered her the white object. “It’s water. Do you want some?”

She took the object and studied it for a few breaths before handing it back. “The stream has plenty of water.” She turned her back on him and kneeled by the stream’s edge. The cool water felt good on her face as she washed off the dirt and sweat. She waited for the current to move the dirty water past then stuck her head in and drank her fill.

When she pulled her head up, she saw Veenah watching her. “You must drink, sister,” Skyra said.

“She probably needs to eat, too,” Lincoln added. “I don’t know how long you nandups like to go between meals, but I haven’t eaten much since yesterday morning. We humans need to eat several times each day.”

Skyra scanned the surrounding area. She had not seen many animals while walking the river plain—only distant herds of bison and ibex—and here in the foothills she had spotted only occasional deer. There were fewer rocks here also, which would make it difficult to find worms and other small ground animals.

Her eyes were drawn to Veenah, who was still sitting in the stream, and was now chewing on something. Skyra removed her footwraps and waded out to her birthmate, being careful to keep her own waist-skin dry. “What are you eating?”

Veenah looked up at Skyra and opened her mouth. Inside were the legs and broken bits of shell of a salal, the water creature Ripple called a crayfish. Skyra moved closer to the stream bank and turned over a submerged rock. A brown crayfish, almost as long as her hand, scooted backward slightly, obviously startled. Skyra thrust out her hand and flipped the creature onto the shore.

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