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Shi Xin and Bain stare at each other, sitting on opposite sides of the cave. Bain, rubs his face, tracing the lumps and wrinkles of his flesh. He knows that Shi Xin is actually looking over his shoulder, seeking into darkness gathered around the distant hills, but he pretends she is looking him. He has no delusions of romance, isn’t …
Shi Xin and Bain wait for Hunter. Although this moon barely registers the passage of light into night, eventually Bain and Shi Xin have drifted into an uncomfortable sleep at the mouth of the cavern, resting perfunctorily against each other. Shi Xin is the more alert but they’ve not been disturbed since their wait began, and the presence of the …
Shi Xin and Bain continue to wait for Hunter. Bain stares at the service bot and the coffee cart that stands next to it. Bain’s mother would have noticed the devil in her son’s eye, the boredom that would eventually drive him from the ill-kept family home, the curiosity and the rebelliousness that would send him to jail. Staring at …
Shi Xin and Bain wait for Hunter. For Bain the continued absence is a cause for irritation rather than concern. Prone to recklessness Bain is also subject to extreme bouts of self-doubt and has begun to wonder if Hunter will ever return, or whether the prolonged wait is an exercise in power. He knows that’s unlikely but the grievance swells …