Ten
As we walked back to the boats, Eivind and I trailed behind the other three. I was delightfully buzzed and happy.
“I know this sounds insane,” I said, “but I want to go into the jungle.”
Eivind laughed, his arm around my neck and his fingers intertwined with mine. “Yes, insane. Why do you want to go into the jungle?”
“I want to see the darkness of it. Like, it’s such a raw, natural place, and if you go in there, the darkness will just be . . .” I trailed off, not knowing how to finish my thought.
“Hmm . . .” Eivind kissed my forehead. “I’ll take you into the dark.”
“What? Really? Don’t you think it’ll be dangerous?”
“What is dangerous here? Anything we come across will hear and see us first. It will run. And we won’t go deep. Stay here, okay? I will be right back.”
“Okay. Right
