Chapter 31

Several days have passed since the memorable evening. We walked during the day, slept at night. The desert landscape is already so tired that we even stopped arguing among ourselves with Nat, who turned out to be an ulcer. They just walked. Just eat and sleep.

Tang no longer tried to force me to do anything, but he did not take his eyes off me either. Wherever I went, he followed me like a shadow. He no longer insulted, did not touch (even by accident!) And did not ask questions. His behavior was alarming, but then I got used to it and stopped looking around nervously. There is...