Chapter 14
Most of the company chose to bathe in pools cut into the rocks close to the village, but for Jabari, nothing would satisfy like the sea. He stripped down to his underclothes and ran straight in, diving under the waves as soon as the surf was deep enough, allowing the salty water to tumble him in circles and pull the stress and anger right out of his body. There had been so much to be angry about, lately.
He still occasionally heard Bara, the stable-master, telling him he was arrogant with the smirking cats as witnesses. He had taken her words seriously and had been working on listening to others without interruption. He was trying to remember that he didn't always need to be right. But it frustrated him. Things happened so slowly, with so much unnecessary deliberation. That wa
