:12:03
Likeyou, I longed
for amemory beyondconsolation,
:12:09
amemory ofshadowsandstone.
:12:11
FormypartIstruggles
everydaywithall mymight
:12:16
against thehorror
of nolonger understanding
:12:18
thereasontoremember.
:12:21
Likeyou, Iforgot..
:12:31
Whyydenytheobviousnecessity
of remembering?
:12:41
Listentome.
I knowsomethingelse.
:12:44
It willbeginagain.
:12:45
200,000deadand80,000wounded
innineseconds.
:12:50
Thosearetheofficialfigures.
It willbeginagain.
:12:54
It willbe 10000degreesontheearth.
Tenthousand suns,people willsay.
:12:59
Theasphalt willburn.
:13:02
Chaoswill prevail.
:13:05
Anentirecitywillbelifted
offtheground,
:13:07
thenfallbacktoearthinashes.
:13:14
Newvegetationrises
fromthesands.
:13:19
Fourstudentsawait together,
likebrothers,
:13:22
alegendary death.
:13:31
Thesevenbranchesofthedeltaestuary
:13:34
oftheriverOta
:13:36
drainandfillat theirusualhour,,
:13:41
precisely at theirusualhour,,
:13:45
withfreshwaterrichwithfish,
greyorblue,
:13:49
dependi ngontheseason
andtimeofday.
:13:52
Peoplealongthemuddybanks
nolongerwatch
:13:56
thetideslowlyrise
:13:59
inthesevenbranches
ofthedeltaestuaryoftheriverOta.