Marooned on Tashoo, Chapter 34

XXXIV Faux Pas (Day 367 on Tashoo) (Morning) Sleep is a wonderful refresher. Everyone needs it, eventually. Dreams are also necessary to assist in the refreshing nature of sleep. Dreams are wonderful when they are not frightening. Needless...

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Marooned on Tashoo, Chapter 30

It is signed, 'zo-joola.'" i heard the voice of tanasha saying, "no wonder the ka'yno was so perturbed. normally, uany do not operate booths in the market, nor do they bring slaves with them. so, he is doubly perturbed.

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Marooned on Tashoo, Chapter 31

XXXI Playing Tricks on the Spies (Day 234 on Tashoo) Tyarza and I worked steadily until lunch, during this whole time the warrior never moved from where he was standing and continually stared at us. I was tempted more than once to look at him,...

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Marooned on Tashoo, Chapter 37

XXXVII Preparations (Day 369 on Tashoo) (Afternoon) As the three of us walked back to Ara's house, Naka asked me, "I cannot believe you succeeded in getting the Ka'yno to challenge you. That was your plan from the moment you walked into the...

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Marooned on Tashoo, Chapter 16

XVI The Battle (Day 115 on Tashoo) Another nightmare is upon me. Even though I know they are not real, I can't help but fear them. What do they mean? Where do they come from? Why do I have them and why do they occur in two parts? Who are these...

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Marooned on Tashoo, Chapter 36

When it was revealed to her that zo-joola, her norotha, was pregnant, she was so excited she temporarily forgot protocol and grabbed my hands and held them to her breasts.

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Marooned on Tashoo, Chapter 17

XVII Sha'-Naky (Day 120 on Tashoo) The Mory are very pragmatic and don't mourn long for their dead. As a matter of fact, except for close friends and family, and those that fought alongside of them, nobody showed up at any of the burials of...

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Marooned on Tashoo, Chapter 25

XXV Returning Home (Day 191 on Tashoo) I don't know how long I was unconscious, but when I came to, I saw a most frightful sight. Kyna was fighting, with sword and claw only, a Chakootoa, the most dangerous herbivorous animal on all of Tashoo....

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Marooned on Tashoo, Chapter 38

XXXVIII Trial by Combat (Day 370 on Tashoo) For the first time since I arrived in Talo-Vy, I didn't have a nightmare the night before I experienced stress. I was glad because, when I would have the nightmares, I tended to be unusually tired and...

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