When It Rains

by deeforthewin

Something happened to Eric in Africa, and he never came back. Jackie has to fight her own demons in Point Place. Somehow they find each other and love finds them both. Everything takes place from mid-season 8, so it's more or less canon till that point. Therefore, Sam exists, but the thing with Fez doesn't. :)

24. Chapter 24

A/N: TRIGGER WARNING

The following chapter will be a dark DARK one that deals with birth and infanticide and has mentions of blood. I tried not to make it graphic, but please skim, or skip to the next chapter if it offends.

I plead creative license and have taken liberties with some of the details here. Hamer-Banna is largely an unscripted and rare language, so I've actually used the more common Amharic in some of the dialogue. The Hamer tribes don't speak English at all, but for the sake of clarity, they do here. I also don't claim to speak any of the languages, and what I used here I got from Google.

I've done quite a bit of research on the fascinating tribes of the Omo River and I sincerely hope I've done their culture justice, not just here, but in further mentions as we continue on with Eric and Jackie's journey. :)