Maha wrote:Maha the humble sailed to the sunbleached beach at the far side of Chalkos. He dropped anchor a mile out and rowed his dinghy over the coral reef. overhead flew his multicolored parrot and below the surface a lone shark followed without haste.
his old bones protested under the heavy weight of the copper rimmed chest that Maha dragged to the dense jungle. a small creek opened a way into the interior and Maha pushed himself onto the small path beside the little stream.
a shot, shrieking birds, silence. Maha lies still with blood pooring out of his shoulder. out of the shadows on the otherside of the creek steps....
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...some odd-looking man, covered by cloak with multicolored patches, holding musket in his right and saber in left hand. His ...