firsthand. He was not unaware of the potential danger, but he feared even more
the possibility of missing the moment of landfall.
It might prove to be the end of the Old Man’s story, and it would definitely be
the beginning of a new story for Sanctuary. The fact that it might be the end of
Hakiem’s story was inconsequential.
Shooing away a random fly, the storyteller drank again, and waited.