The fat-bodied American immediately sends the text messages. First, to inform his
clients. And, finally, to make sure he would be able to get out of Suyo alive and breathing.
“The man is a cold-hearted fool!” He remarks to himself. When you start
messing with children – he contemplates – then you’ll be in a lot more trouble than you
could handle!
*
“Show me a man who has no interest in his own good, and I’ll show you a man
who is not in touch with his own humanity.”
- R. Alan Woods, The Journey is the Destination, A Book of Quotes with
Commentaries
*
The next morning. Twenty-sixth of January.
The cordon around Inang Maya’s lowly abode has been tightened by the Suyonon
police. Some local CRIB agents have already been requested to go to mainland Suyo, too,
courtesy of Shol Mari
