The Stranger
It's been so long since he's walked among the commoners. In this new age, men and women mingle together freely. Children are allowed to run and play and laugh loudly.
He stands in the Taos plaza and observes. He has not lived such a long life that he is not good at observing.
Since he awoke, everything has changed. The world is modern, made new. But people are still the same. The peasants still gather in the square. They shop and talk and greet one another. The main difference is that coffee is no longer something to sit and savor for hours–it’s poured into little paper cups and carried everywhere.
He came to the high mesa following Lightfoot. Normally he wouldn’t lower himself to personally chase after a quarry, but his kind always enjoys playing, as a cat plays with the
