Chapters 19 and 20 Summary

Encounters with forms of life and with the joy of living are the focus of this section.

"Dinner Surprise" Another morning, Kindred to Large Animals makes the offer for his talent to connect with large beasts be used, and later that day the tribe encounters four camels. Communicating through telepathy, the hunters agree that the elderly female is their prey, and quickly kill her (thereby giving her an opportunity to fulfill one of her purposes for being). They butcher the camel, preserving blood, organs, skin, hooves, and meat. Meanwhile, the author fulfills what seems to have become her purpose - collecting the dried dung left behind by other animals for fuel. One of the tribe members holds up the large bladder, saying that they've found the perfect container for the mutant who is "addicted" to water. The next day, the author...