On comics, again (28th September 2009)
She walks in front of him with a rucksack on her back. Her skin is dark and it shines in golden hues as the midday light reflects from unpredictable undulations of the sea surface. A path by the water is covered by small stones and red earth. His legs are dusty. He feels strong. He feels as if he was young again. There are no other people, one can hear only cicadas, somewhat stronger waves that reach the shore and steps. They walk in silence. Going towards the place where they swimmed yesterday. It is nice there. A piece of flat stone surrounded by high and unreachable rocky shore. It is their place. She will finish reading that strange book today. He will just lay and watch the sea. Just listen.
She turns back. Laughing. You know what I just thought of? All these synthetic odors and scientific breakthroughs in the electrostimulation of the brain, and none of that is like ... It is nowhere close to this smell of pine. Can you feel it? He smells the air. Really, one can feel a healthy and sharp smell of pine. Where does it come from? You're right. It is beautiful. I wonder where the source of that smell is.
They walk farther. She stops every once in a while, bends her neck backwards, inhales deeply and says Can you feel it now? It is strong now. He also inhales deeply. Every time he feels more and more content. The smell calms him. Close to the place where the path rapidly turns he notices a huge old pine. He stops. Touches it. Finds a soft and transparent lump at one place. Resin. Tears it off and smells it. That is the source of smell. Carefully packs it in a wooden box and puts it in the rucksack.
As they walk farther, he notices more of them. He picks up a few more. We will save this for the city. We will save these moments in a wooden box and each time we smell it we’ll remember them. We’ll remember the place where we were truly alive. She laughs. Likes the idea. A piece of heaven for the journey home.
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