The Man with Munnari Eyes: Novel One (The Munnari Chronicles Book 1) by ML Bellante

Author:ML Bellante [Bellante, ML]
Language: eng
Format: epub
Tags: space travel, future
Publisher: Bookwise Publishing
Published: 2019-07-07T22:00:00+00:00

CHAPTER 11

STRANGE POWERS STIRRING

The boy, Nevesant, and his odd-looking companion had become close friends during the many days they had been together. Upon Nevesant’s suggestion, Tangundo had taken to wearing a kerchief across his face to hide his growing beard. The outsider could tell it made Nevesant more comfortable for the boy still was not fully accepting of his hairy face.

The two had built a relatively comfortable lean-to that was closed on three sides. The boy had managed to steal a hand ax from a farmer and Tangundo had put it to good use in designing and building their makeshift home. Fair-sized logs were used, making the structure semi-permanent and requiring many days of effort. During the project, Tangundo began learning Nevesant’s strange language, and by the time the lean-to was completed, the outsider could communicate well enough to convey his points.

Nevesant avoided his home hamlet most of the time because of what the townsfolk had done to his outsider friend, the only friend he had. They had driven the stranger into the mist, expecting him to die there, but he hadn’t, much to Nevesant’s surprise. The boy’s curiosity drove him to badger Tangundo with questions about what lurked inside the mist, but the outsider had never given him a clear answer. Nevesant quit asking about it when his incessant questions drove Tangundo into a fury. The outsider threatened to thrash the boy if he didn’t stop pestering him about it.

The two survived by hunting small animals. Tangundo had become proficient with a sling he had made and a spear he had fashioned from hardwood. Nevesant continued to set snares. Tangundo had also become skilled at spearing fish. At first, Nevesant had warned him not to stand in the water, but the outsider either didn’t understand or only scoffed at the boy’s warning. Consequently, he received a nasty bite on his left leg and quickly scrambled out of the water. He had since learned that every nearby body of water in the area that was able to support fish also contained creatures with sharp teeth.

Occasionally, when hunting went poorly, Nevesant would disappear, returning at night with something he had pilfered from a farm or even from the town. It was risky, and he knew the consequences of being caught would be dire, but the choice was between taking the risk or facing a night of hunger pangs. Tangundo had warned the boy that eventually someone was going to come looking for him.

Tangundo had failed in his hunt and Nevesant’s snare was empty. Late in the afternoon, Nevesant slipped away, returning that night with a couple of feathered creatures he’d snatched from a farmer’s coop. Man and boy ate late and slept late the next day. The two had just arisen from their beds, a few blankets the boy had illicitly appropriated long ago, and were sitting on logs when three men burst into their camp.

“Stay where you are, Creeper!” one of the men ordered as he brandished his quarterstaff menacingly. “Who are you?” the intruder growled at the tall Tangundo.

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