The 'Blue Whale' roared to life at dawn, slicing through the mist as it departed the corpse-laden riverbank...
Dozens of mutilated bodies, skinned and de-boned, dangled from wooden stakes along the shore.
Nearby stood a stone tablet, hand-inscribed by Joe Ga using a carving tool, listing crimes and warnings.
After thorough inquiry, the text was engraved in English, French, and a local "writing" provided by the 'Spider.'
That so-called "writing" was more a series of drawings than a coherent script.
Of course, Joe Ga couldn't understand a single 'word,' but the illustrations gave him a general sense of the situation.
Four anteaters carried two stretchers aboard the ship, delivering captives captured by "Silt" into a chamber.
Inside the room were already two inhabitants: Benjamin, his leg in a splint, enduring the stifling heat while cleaning David's wounds—David who had lost both an arm and a leg.
