Summary

Lawrence visited the herd every day. He wanted to learn more about their communications skills. One afternoon he began getting strange sensations like he was with the herd yet it wasn’t anywhere in sight. When he got that sensation another time, Nana suddenly emerged from the bush. When the elephants weren’t around, Lawrence felt an emptiness. He determined that the deep rumblings of the elephants echoed for miles and that was what he was picking up on even though he couldn’t hear it.

One day Mnumzane blocked Lawrence as he was driving through the reserve. He dawdled for twenty minutes browsing around the Land Rover and seemingly in no hurry to leave. When the radio squawked on, he tensed. He blocked Lawrence from leaving several times. He didn’t seem to want him to go. Lawrence began talking to him...