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English[en]
VENTURING OUT. I didn’t get any more out of him for the rest of the time we were there either. The attempt at getting David to play cards had backfired badly. He withdrew from me and refused to interact – cards were definitely off his agenda. In fact, I woke one night to find him shredding the entire pack – card by card. I’m not sure how many days we stayed in the crypt. I didn’t specifically count and the difference between daylight and night-time inside the crypt was not always clear-cut. Let’s just say we were there a few days before I even considered leaving. After all, we were warm enough, safe from intruders (no- one ever came knocking) and, for the time being, there was ample food and water . But we couldn’t stay there forever, could we? Within 48 hours or so of our taking shelter in the crypt, the fighting seemed to have stopped. Gunfire had dwindled from merely sporadic to non-existent. There were no audible groans, screams or cries of panic. From this, I deduced that the zombies hereabouts were a spent force – if not altogether extinct. So, if I ventured out in the dead of night without David, I was now unlikely to be eaten – but would I be shot? That was the question. How many of the soldiers remained in place after the battle was done and how many had moved onto where they were now more needed. I would have to check it out – 4.00 am on a moonless night seemed like a good time to start. Before I left, I told David that I would be gone for a short time but that I would return very soon. He looked at me impassively. Did he understand what I had said? I asked him. He remained impassive. As I said, he had been quite withdrawn of late – since the abortive card game – and maybe he just didn’t care as much about me anymore. Who would know? I decided I needed to do my reconnaissance whether or not David understood – or cared.
Cornish[kw]
LAVASOSANS YN-MES. Yn kepar maner, ny yllyn dyski moy dhiworto dres an termyn esen ow remaynya ena. An attent dhe wari kartennow gans Davydh re gildhyllsa yn trog. Ev re gildennsa dhiworthiv ha skonya a ynterweythresa. Yn sertan, nyns esa an kartennow war y rol negys. Yn hwir, my a dhifunas unn nos rag kavoes orth y skethenna oll an kartennow – an eyl wosa an gila. Nyns ov sur pygemmys dydhyow a drigsyn y’n gleudhgell. Ny wrugavy reknans ewn – ha, gans henna, nyns esa dyffrans meur yntra’n golow dydh ha’n nos a-berth y’n gleudhgell. Byttegyns, my a yll leverel yn sur bos nebes dydhyow kyns my dhe alloes prederi hogen a-dro dh’y gesans. Wosa oll, toemm lowr en ni, salow erbynn ynherdhyans (denvyth na dheuth nevra ow knoukya) ha, lemmyn, yth esa boes ha dowr lowr ragon ni. Byttegyns, ny yllyn ni triga ena bys vykken, a yllyn? A-dro dhe 48 our wosa agan kemmeres harber y’n gleudgell, yth heveli an kevammok dhe vos hedhys. Y tothya ha bos an tennow-gonn pur dreweythys hag, ena, nyns esa mann anedha. Yn kepar maner, nyns esa na fella usansow vyth na skrijow na griow skruthys bos klywys. Ytho, my a wodhya an zombis dhe vos a-ogas fors spenys – mar nyns ens difeudhys yn tien. Ytho, mar lavesis yn-mes dres an nos heb Davydh, skant ny yllyn vy bos dybrys – mes a allsen bos tennys? Henn o an kwestyon. Pygemmys soudor a remaynsa y’n le pan worfennsa an vatel – ha pygemmys anedha re alsa dhe-ves dhe le mayth esa brassa edhomm anedha lemmyn? Res o dhymm y dhiskudha – yth heveli dhymm 4.00 eur myttinweyth, dres nos heb Loer, dhe vos termyn gwiw rag dalleth ow hwithrans. Kyns my dhe asa, my a leveris orth Davydh ow bos gyllys dres berrdermyn mes y tasdhothyen vy dhodho yn skon. Ev a viras orthymm heb emoshyon. A wrug ev konvedhes pyth re lavarsen orto? My a’n govynnas. Ev a besyas mires orthymm heb emoshyon. Dell leveris, y fia ev poran kildennys a-gynsow – wosa defowt an gwari kartennow – ha, martesen, nyns esa na fella dhodho bern y’m kever. Piw a allsa godhvos? My a erviras bos edhomm dhymm a wul ow aspians vy mar konvedhas Davydh po na gonvedhas - mars esa bern dhodho po nag esa.