"They didn’t dig it. It was already so, in nature. Again, it was yours, not mine. " "At last a half answer, even if it leaves me more ignorant than before. It was there all the time … shaped like that, you say. But … the floor, somebody must have done it. At least that floor. And who was the one who always ran up there? ... I thought you came so close to move and live in it." "I've always found it an interesting place. However, that floor is natural too. " "Very strange, not quite polished, but close enough. Then, if you know how it evolved, why don’t you tell me? " He stood, barely moving his head behind his thoughts. "Then I should tell you how your beloved Cordillera was born. Beloved. And to think that you saw only those few miles around your Village. That it was a very, very long

