Chapter 6: RevelationsThe return journey was hotter than the outward one, and we consumed a lot of the fresh water we had gotten at the stream as well as removing our shirts and undershirts. As the Marine was ahead of me, this state of undress was most welcome, though distracting enough that I nearly fell several times. We might have worried about our consumption of the water, but neither of us did, feeling exultant about our successful venture. The stream, after all, while fairly distant, was not going anywhere.
We washed the oysters in the lagoon, and then opened them with our jackknives and ate them raw. This took some nerve on my part, since it was my understanding that not only were they raw, but actually alive as well
My companion went first, taking one onto his tongue. When he swa
