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[Last seen, Mikael was still in Bombay detained by the
police for the ship attack.]
Thursday,
17 January: Small creatures, unlike anything
they’d ever seen. Jen calls them pygmies standing 3 feet tall, but their
hairless black-as-tar skin suggests non-human. Morning sun glints off the Tcho-Tcho’s
sharpened teeth as they grin at John while pointing to the cliffs. Fortune they
see John as a god and bow to him; otherwise, they could easily swarm and kill
all of the humans. Lionel pulls out the picture of Anzalone to show to the
creatures: their grin widens as they laugh while pointing to the caves above. “Sounds
like we’re supposed to go into that particular cave where Anzalone’s team
entered. Grab food, ropes, and climbing gear; leave the rest as too heavy.”
John grabs his oxygen backpack but the pygmies rush forward while pointing to
the rest of the men. George interprets, “I don’t think their god is supposed to
labor.”
