Stepping back, Folu didn’t bow, but quickly nodded her head. She interpreted well that nodding was a gesture of assent and bowing would be seen as subservience. Some signals communicate best without words.
The man raised the leash up and inspected the sheep. Then he looked at the necklace and at the other men around him.
“As the sun comes, we go there,” said Anutu, pointing toward the sea. He put his hand up on his forehead as squinting at a bright light and stared off toward the water.
The leader of the intruders didn’t understand his words, but he gathered that these villagers were continuing on and would not stay near their own hunting grounds. The idea of venturing out onto the sea didn’t seem to take him by surprise, and Lotya wished for a moment that they could communicate better
