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Date Posted: 16:23:31 04/11/02 Thu
11th day of Askai
Entry Twenty and One
I hate this damned ship. I hate the smell on this ship, I hate the cramped quarters of this ship, I hate the food on this ship, and I hate men on this ship. It takes the patience of Ahkil not to push them all overboard and find my own damned way out this never-ending ocean. If I never step foot on another it will be all too soon. There has been no real red meat for many days. The smell of fish sickens me.. and it is practically stuffed down my damned throat. All I want to do is hunt.. sit in some grass, climb into a tree.. exercise. I need it. I should have atleast tied Cricket up and dragged her here with me. I shouldn't be the only one going through this hell. And all for a horse. A horse! The days are so boring here.. I find myself often in thought when I'm not on a shift, or when I'm in the crow's nest.. I think back to the last time I was on a ship. My first time leaving my own land for the foreign RhyDin. How my life changed then, and changed again when I met Cricket. I still wonder how I might have turned out had I stayed in my homelands. There is no doubt that I would be leader. Not in name, no.. only the men of the tribe could vy for such a title. But no one would question Majidah, leader or not. I want to get back to Cricket soon, but so far as the sea is concerned, that may or may not be happening for awhile. I get more afraid that something has happened to her as the days go by.. but perhaps that is only because I miss her so much. Then again, she never stays out of trouble very long. Other things pull at me. What if I miss Trevor's first unaided steps? It is getting warmer now.. when I get back, he can begin learning to swim in a calm river. But what if Cricket has already started such lessons, and I've missed them? I am also afraid that on my return, she won't be at the cabin. Where would I look for her? If this were a wagoncart instead of a ship, I'd have jumped out and started pushing by now..so impatient I am. But with a ship, you can only wait and hope the winds will be kind. Sometimes the they give so little I could probably swim and get to the island faster. And I'm tempted to do it sometime, too. For now though, I am called back to work. Ta'kienta.
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