- Look, I can't say for sure about your fuel. I don't know much about it myself. But it seems to me that someone might be able to come up with something. Even if it's not perfect, but something that works.
- And where would we find such an expert?
- I don't know exactly, but in any other situation, I'd go to a waterfall. That place is always full of spirits. Not just because it's beautiful, but because you can swim and sunbathe. You know, laze around.
- So you're aware of the fact that you're pretty lazy creatures.
- Yes, we are lazy, but it depends on you. If you want to spend all day playing and lying in a hammock, that's your choice. But nobody forbids you to do what you want to do.
- Where did you come up with that idea?
- Heh, if I hadn't come to them, you'd be up in a tree or in the cockpit of your airplane that night.
- Don't you build houses?
- It doesn't make sense. The wind would break it down and the water would flood it.
- But you built it!
- Yeah, that's the magic of it! Yes, I get in trouble when a storm hits, yes, I know it can suddenly collapse, but on your last visit it stood up and didn't break. Isn't that wonderful?!
- Maybe it was deliberate? Although I don't have much faith in that kind of thing.
- Believe it if you want to. If you don't want to believe it, don't believe it. I'll tell you one thing. There are ordinary spirits. They live a carefree life. Their purpose for the day is to fill their bellies, sleep and play. They have no purpose in life. However, there are unusual spirits. Thanks to them, ordinary spirits can sleep peacefully, eat delicious food and play cheerfully. Not always their role is remembered and not always anyone remembers about them at all, but without them there will be no things we are accustomed to.
Meanwhile we continued walking and the bright green grass began to change into soft sand. The kind of sand that usually lies in tropical resorts. I had never been to a tropical resort in my entire life. Walking on such sand I thought it was artificially created, but bending down and taking it in my hand it really looked and felt like real sand. We began to approach a patch of land that was sticking out slightly from the water surface. According to Lir, it was low tide and we would be able to cross from one shore to the other in time. But he did not rule out the possibility that we might have to swim across areas where the sand had gone under water. So far, however, I had not seen any such areas, and we were walking calmly. Frankly speaking, I wanted to get something like a camera, but I didn't have any equipment at hand. The water was almost pouring into my boots, while Lir didn't care. He was probably used to walking around the place. A while later, the waves increased due to the wind and the water started knocking me over and my clothes were almost all soaked. I had to find new clothes or I would risk catching a cold.
After a few hundred steps the water finally stopped touching my boots and the sand was gradually replaced by grass.
- Listen, don't you have any food here?
- Huh, Slakey, are you kidding me?! We're in food heaven here!
- I'm not gonna get food poisoning from this food?
- No, of course not. I'm sure you eat similar food back home. Yeah, it may look a little weirder, but that doesn't change the fact that you'll be as happy with our food as you are with yours.
- After seeing a talking fennec, nothing seems weird to me anymore.
- I was talking about your food.
- I get it, I get it.
It was getting harder and harder to walk, but Lir kept encouraging me that we'd be there soon. Finally, I had a breathtaking view of a huge waterfall. The sound of its water was as loud as the noise from the Boeing's engine, yet the noise only made me feel calm. A beautiful rainbow appeared near the falling water, which was crystal cLir. Along the distance I saw spirits that seemed to be moving chaotically on the ground and water, but walking a little further I saw that they were just playing. Some of them were swimming in the pond, some were lying on the beach, some were playing.
- Listen, I'll be right there. Go to those spirits and ask for what you need. I think they won't refuse you anything.