Ua ʻōlelo au ma ʻApelila ma Thailand ua hana naʻaupō wau i ka mālama ʻana i ka lāʻau lapaʻau. Eia kekahi, i ka pae mua paʻakikī, i ka wā i hoʻoholo ai ʻo ia e hoʻopau i ka heroin a ʻaʻole hiki ke hoʻomanawanui iā ia. Pono wau e noho pū me ia no ka manawa lōʻihi e lawe mai iā ia i waho.
Hana wau i hoʻokahi hoʻoikaika kino i kēlā me kēia lā. Ua ʻōlelo ʻo Andrei me he mea lā ua haehae ʻia ʻo ia e nā mea ʻelua e noho ana i loko ona. Ua kapa au iā lākou he Keʻokeʻo a ʻEleʻele. I ke kakahiaka, kamaʻilio pinepine mākou me nā hui ʻelua. ʻAe, ʻoi aku ka ʻino ma mua o nā hale kiʻiʻoniʻoni o ka weliweli. Inā ʻōlelo ʻo Cherny, ʻuwē ʻo ia, hoʻohuli, hoʻoweliweli, hakakā ʻo ia me ka hysterics. Ua mālama mau au i ka manawa. 10 mau minuke ma kekahi ala, 10 ma kekahi. A pela no kekahi mau manawa. ʻO nā lā mua he ikaika loa ʻo Black. A laila hoʻomaka mālie ʻo White i ka ikaika. Ma kahi o ka pule ua like ko lakou ikaika. A laila, ua lilo ʻo Bely i mea hoʻomaopopo. ʻO ka mea nui ma hope o kēlā mau "kamaʻilio" ua ʻoi aku ka mālie o Andrey. Ke manaʻo ke kanaka, pono ʻo ia i kahi hoʻokuʻu, ka manawa kūpono e nānā iā ia iho mai waho - he hana maikaʻi loa kēia. Ma ʻaneʻi ua ʻike ʻia ka pōmaikaʻi o ka hoʻoikaika kino.
Ua heleuma au i ke kākoʻo o Bely. Ua kūʻai au i kahi lei a kau i ka lima o Andrey, e hoʻokomo i ke kanaka i loko o ka trance a me ka ʻōlelo ʻana he kākoʻo koʻikoʻi kēia. Hāʻawi ʻo ia i ka ikaika a pale i ka hoʻouka ʻana o ka ʻEleʻele. No kekahi mau lā, ua moeʻuhane ʻo Andrey i koi ʻo Cherny e huki i kona lima me kahi talisman.
Eia kekahi, ʻo kēia, ʻike ʻia, he gestalt nō hoʻi, ua hana mākou i kahi hoʻoikaika kino. E hoʻonui pū i ka ikaika o ka White.
Ua kū māua ʻo Andrei i hope, a me nā maka maka ua haʻi hou ʻo ia i kēia mau ʻōlelo ma hope oʻu:
Aia pū mākou.
ʻAʻole wau hoʻokahi.
ʻO mākou pū ka ikaika.
Mana nui.
Hiki iā mākou ke hana i nā mea a pau!
Ke neʻe nei mākou i mua!
ʻAʻohe kānalua!
ʻAʻohe mea hoʻāla!
Ua maopopo ko makou ala.
UA LOAA MAKOU.
He mana mākou!
ʻIke wau i kēlā.
Hilinaʻi wau.
E hana i
ʻAʻole wau hoʻokahi!
Aia nā hoʻomaʻamaʻa me nā pua, nā mea. He pua, ua lilo ia i oleander, he moolelo okoa keia, a e kakau okoa ana au, o ka mea akaaka, ua hiki mai ka halawai me ia, e like me ka'u i olelo aku ai, he pohihihi. Ua loaʻa koke ka hōʻailona ma ka inoa oleander. Ua makemake ka makuakāne e kapa i kāna keiki ʻo Oleg, a me kona makuahine ʻo Andrei. ʻO ka inoa o ka pua ʻo oleander. Mystic, a wale nō. Ua kamaʻilio pinepine mākou me ka pua. ʻO ka hoʻololi ʻana i ke kanaka i nā mea ʻē aʻe e hāʻawi i kahi hiʻohiʻona nani o ke kūlana.
Ua kamaʻilio pū mākou me ka ʻuhane, hana i nā mea he nui. I kēia manawa e ʻike wau he gestalt ia. Mea maikaʻi, ʻoiaʻiʻo! Nā hana.