The Book of Pentano - All Things Uru

!shaking his head. Then he looked at the book. Itwas opened at the page where he had sketchedSela’s face the previous evening.“By the Maker, I must have forgotten to close it!”Teshan said to himself.No wonder that Sela had stared at it. After all thathad happened she must have wondered why therewas a drawing of her in his book. He hoped shedidn’t think too badly of him now!!11During the last week the weather had beenoppressively hot, but now it broke and the raincame. Grey days were followed by moonless nightsand Teshan spent the time in analyzing the lastsamples. Namis had returned to D’ni again and Selahad the day off.The heavy raindrops pattered against the wall ofthe tent but Teshan didn’t allow himself to bedisturbed by this. It was something else that hadbroken his concentration. Recently a close relativeof Sela’s family had died. She came to him to askfor some free time, as she needed to prepareherself for the ceremony.Teshan had said yes, as now he had learned to take