he watched them climbing from tree to tree and wanted to be one . shoving her ripped panties into her pocket . you know all those stories about magic swords ... but how to do that , without being obvious ? what they collected was far more important than that : words and stories , causes and facts . the others thought him dead and gave him to the water . with the parting in sight another thunderous sound bellowed out across the empty ocean bed , far in the distance an enormous wave was returning . 