Chapter 31
Jabari was relieved that Abbas let the company run for a long time before he called a break. He missed this on the island. Jabari was from a running people, and he associated running with understanding and with belonging. He missed the breath hitching in his chest, muscles burning, finally relaxing into the stride.
And he needed to think.
"What else?" Isika had asked.
Jabari felt like his insides were being rearranged. The memories of talking with the birds were new and brilliant, soft-edged, and yet powerful. He wanted to linger with them and feel those feelings. For so long, he had believed he remembered nothing before Gavi came. After Gavi, Jabari knew that part of his work as a human being was to hold Gavi's hand everywhere they went until the little boy began to adjust
