The Simoqin Prophecies by Samit Basu

Author:Samit Basu [Basu, Samit]
Language: eng
Format: epub, mobi
Published: 2014-10-02T22:00:00+00:00

Chapter Twenty-eight

He awoke, and the world spun around in a mad rush. ‘Are you all right?’ said Spikes, who was shaking him gently.

‘Yes,’ said Kirin. ‘I’m fine.’

He suddenly remembered vague images of motion at the mouth of the cave when he was sinking to the ground.

‘Have you been fighting anyone? I thought I saw something.’

‘It was nothing. Couple of bears. They seemed to think they owned this cave or something.’

Kirin smiled. ‘Well, perhaps they did, you know.’

‘Well, they don’t any more.’

‘I’m really hungry. Have you eaten anything?’

Spikes pointed to a little pile of fruits. ‘Breakfast,’ he said.

‘What would I do without you, Spikes?’

‘Die, probably.’

‘I didn’t know you liked fruits.’

‘I don’t.’

‘Have you eaten anything, then?’

‘Yes.’

Kirin knew better than to probe further. He quickly waded into the pile of fruits, and soon there was no pile of fruits. He was thirsty, too, and he went out for a while, to the stream, and when he returned he was fresh, clean and ready to go. Or wait, which was what he was supposed to do, he remembered.

He blinked a few times, because the sun was bright outside and the cave was dark. Then he stopped.

Spikes was sitting on the rock, holding the book in his hands.

He looked at Kirin. ‘You haven’t told me what you were doing last night,’ he said.

Kirin sat down on the floor, at Spikes’ feet, and told him Narak’s story. When he reached the part where his father had allowed himself to be captured, and had met Katar, he faltered, and looked at Spikes. Of course Spikes was his friend. And no matter what happened, Spikes would be on his side.

Wouldn’t he?

‘Tell me the rest of the story,’ said Spikes. ‘It involves me, doesn’t it?’

His father had said pashans were stupid. He obviously hadn’t met Spikes. Well, he had met the egg, but there is only so much you can say about an egg.

Kirin told Spikes the story of Katar and the egg of stone, and the coming of his mother and the death of his father and Danh-Gem.

Spikes was silent in the darkness.

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