Adorable little monsters

At first, the walls were enough. More than the crumbling concrete and creaking black gates, it was the walls in their minds that kept them at bay. The Rules, and they respected The Rules, even if they weren't sure what exactly what or why The Rules were. We thought we were safe.

And for a time, we were.

Until he came along.



They needed a leader, someone who was unafraid of The Rules. He walked past the walls, through the gates, and they called to him "No! You can't do that! You can't go in there!" And he just looked at them, with a question in his eyes "Why?" and rang the doorbell anyway.

And just like that the walls were gone. Just like that, suddenly they weren't afraid of anything. Our terrifying new existence, side-by-side with these adorable little monsters, had truly begun.




But it's going to be ok. We're going to be ok. They may have gotten the courage up to talk to me at home...but I'm still way better than they are at rock-paper-scissors. こい！



In other news, I have had a request for more photos of the island. Here's a shot I took while riding down the long hill in the north of the island, of the sugarcane field terraces on the southern hill. Sugarcane baby! It's everywhere.



As per usual, if you want to see it larger you can click on the picture to take you to Teh Flickr.