Kure nal tortu matram uduthu nadannu vendana yanel anyayam tortorayumbol…..enkilum eda samayangalil njangal umma vakkukayum avalkku kudichu kodukkuk...yum okke cheyyuvayirunnu……etaandu ente attathinu kattiyayappol avalde nirbandathinum agrahathinum vazhangi njan avalku kudikkan koduthu enik vedanikkumonnu pediyundayirunnu….enkilum aval chappi tudangiyappol oru sukham kitti tudangi ….edakku pallu kollumbol cherutayittu vedanichirunnenkilum avale ortu njan mindiyilla….kure neram angine aval. I'm still not sure whether or not it was only a joke. Can't really tell; the Olon seems wonderfully impervious to serious talk. It feels like being able to talk to God, a God with a sense of humor and an immodest amount of dislocation from the universe. For one thing, the talking makes the process endearing. It's almost fun. But the waiting ... I sometimes feel it will drive me mad.Oh, the terrible waiting. The long, sleepless waiting – the nanoseconds that stretch into infinity and twist and. The women run these things anyway.”Bob nodded and turned back to the garage, and then turned and came back to the fence. Tom hadn’t moved away yet. “Uh, by the way, what’s the dress code at this sort of thing?”Tom laughed loudly. “This is a casual orgy, not a black-tie sort of affair. For you and me, shorts or slacks and a button front shirt. Something the ladies can remove from you easily...” Bob’s eyes widened at the thought. “ ... Don’t bother with underwear, you’ll just lose it. The girls?. . different expectations from our interaction."Kurt sobered. "Can you tell me what you mean?"She quirked her mouth from side to side again. "Let me start with this: our island exudes much magic in a highly localized area. Anything 'scientific'" - she said the word like a curse - "entering the field ceases to function."He made a little "O" with his mouth. "Which is why the plane's engines stopped working."She sighed and bent her head down. "We... I... the death of the pilot was not what was.