Author's: I guess last chapter was too short so here we go with another one (longer of course)... What lies after someone's smile or character? Is Diego so different from Manny as he thinks?
10. Pax Deorum
The ice ground turned into a more confortable clay dust ground as we went on walking; the decoration also changed. We were in a cave full of drawings in its walls, of animals and other things... Humans once lived here. I knew that, I have known that since we put a foot near this cave cause I've being here before... even so, this time is different. Something's different.
"Look, look! Tigers!" Sid pointed at something in the wall... a drawing of a pack of sabertooths chasing some antelopes. I stood near Sid, trying to have some fun with my furry "piñata"... "Yeesh," he muttered. The baby gave a frightened whimpering sound and he started comforting it quickly before it could start crying. "Oh, it's ok, it's ok, look, the tigers are just playing tag with the antelope..." He trailed off momentarily and stared at it again. "With their teeth." Looks fun, hu? Wait until you see it in live
"Come on, Sid. Let's play tag. You're it!" I circled around him with a smirk
"Sure..." Quickly he looked up at the walls again changing the subject. "Ok, ok, ok. Where are the sloths? You know, you never see any sloths in these things, have you ever noticed?" I wonder why...
"Oh, look, Manny! A mammoth!" Sid found a bigger drawing
"Ooh. Somebody pinch me," The mammoth grumbled but I decided to take a better look at that picture
"Hey, hey this fat one looks just like you." He has a point "Aaw,and he's got a family!" Manny stopped walking away... Wait, don´t tell me this is really you? Is it not? "Oh, and he's happy. Look, he's playing with his kid! See, Manny, THAT's your problem! That's what mammoths are supposed to do!" We were looking at Manny´s true face... He once had a family and they were killed by the humans. That was why Manny understood me back in the ice cave... Because he also felt alone. I silenced Sid and looked at Manny.
We weren't that different after all. We were both alone and lost something very dear to us long time ago... I guess Manny felt then that I did realized his feelings. The baby smothered the picture of a little mammoth and then felt on the mammoth's trunk, who pressed her against his face with love... Manny was feeling responsible about the baby and those feelings were getting to grew inside me little by little.
I ignored Sid's disgusting gesture and after taking one last look at the drawings we walked on.
"I
know the sound of each rock and stone
And I embrace what others
fear
You are not to roam in this forgotten place
Just the likes
of me are welcome here
Everything breathes
And I know each
breath
For me it means life
For others, it's death
It's
perfectly in balance
Perfectly planned
More than enough
For
this man
Like every tree
Stands on it's own
Reaching for
the sky
I stand alone
I share my world
With no one
else
All by myself
I stand alone
I seen your world
With
these very eyes
Don't come any closer
Don't even try
I've
felt all the pain
And heard all the lies
But in my world
there's no
Compromise
Like every tree
Stands on it's
own
Reaching for the sky
I stand alone
I share my
world
With no one else
All by myself
I stand alone
All
by myself
I stand alone
All by myself
I stand
alone"
Bryan White "I stand alone"
We were getting to Half Peak, and the more closer the more I wonder... Was I doing the right thing?
Things are starting to complicate
What will Diego choose?