You are nearly out here, Adama. It’s nearly over.
I lifted my gun and hit it with full force against my captive’s head. One last bruise to remember me by. He fell to the ground, unconscious. I snatched the car keys and marched outside, the gun hidden under my shirt.
The landscape to my front was grotesque and willful, but far beyond my understanding or knowledge, far bigger than me. It somehow pulled me in with its mystery and strength. I saw the first traces of the sun pass the horizon directly between the two mountains that rose like lions. A shadow stood standing in front of it, a shape of a figure. It was Rahab. She took in the sky, hypnotized, only meters away from me, at some distance from the village. Seeing her like this, all the memories came back to me. I watched her like a pai
