“So, you didn’t even see them then, Heng?”
“No, Den did, I was asleep.”
“So, if Den hadn’t been there you would not have seen them fal and those poor girls might have died?”
“Yes, except that if Den had not been there, I would not have gone to sleep and then I would have seen them.”
“Al the same, makes you think, doesn’t it?”
He wasn’t quite sure what did, but he decided to say nothing.
“I propose that we let them stay here a few days to recover, if they want to. Is that al right with you?”
“Yes, Heng, of course, but where? In the barn?”
“It’s al we have, but it can be made comfortable enough. Better than sleeping in the mountain”. Wan let out a call, a ululation, and Din appeared a few minutes later.
“Who are they?” she asked.
“They slipped and fel
