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Show - 7P sun and sky and air. He turned on his back and floated, enjoying the numbing sensation that comes halfway between the conscious and unconscious worlds. Slowly and painfully he started swimming towards shore. He felt his feet touch sand. Arms nulled him from the water. Voices came as through a long funnel. "Roa, are you all right?" "His hands are bleeding." "Help him to breathe." "My brother... How is ^uruku?" he gasoed. And then he dropped onto the sand and slipped into that rainbow world of unconsciousness. When his spirit returned to this world, he was lost for a moment. Then he remembered. "How is my brother?" he asked again. "Is he badly iniured?" "Yes, he is bad, Roa." "We have lain him on a mat. Your father attends to him." "The killer shark maimed, his leg. It is torn badly." Thev helped Roa to his feet. His head throbbed. "Oh, my brother," he moaned when he saw the wound. |