Day 824

The peanut vendor has disappeared from the market.

Day 821

I am to initiate the reckoning that will change everything.

Day 816

Fact: I have a single elevated-level allergy. Fact: that allergy is all legumes of the nut variation. Fact: this is known by everyone in my village. Conclusion: Someone is attempting to negatively impact my work here, the work I do of my own free will, to help the people.

Day 814

News of the Great Pretender Mortenson has spread via the BBC.

Day 811

My inquiries are met with uncertainty. The situation of my allergies was made clear prior to the terms of my service. Even the man selling the peanuts knows this.

Day 808

Peanuts at the market. I make inquiries to the elders.

Day 805

How do I honor my forebears with this work? The children do not challenge it.

Day 802

Mist brushing the lonely face of the river: I do good work here.

Day 797

I approach my eight hundredth day in the village. The children bustle. There is to be a feast, I suppose, though I shall not be the guest of honor. It is to these beautiful people that I give thanks. It is for them that I do all of that which I am capable. They understand this, so our gratitude is a circle.