7. Festival
He watches her at the festival, dancing and weaving her way through the parade.
She looks like a goddess, standing there dressed in red, her hand outstretched and beckoning. She smiles, and it is as if the world has fallen away, and it is just him and her. In that instant he forgets that they are Batu and Rokador, lost in her eyes as he is.
She motions for him to join her and so he obeys, leaving his tribesmen behind without a thought or glance.
They dance beneath the stars and laugh with joy. Just him and her. Forever.