Chapter 9. Ogre

PRECIOUS

Back home (Evening)

Kamil has the samE idea as him.

Freed from the counselling of the Elders, Precious decides to take a stroll in the evening holding a mug of tepid coffee.

His suit is crumpled, his tie askew, his jacket open and his hair a mess. Wearing slippers and not shoes, Precious looks and feels overworked.

On his walk, he greets children and their parents. News have quickly travelled of the success of the meeting that the adults congratulates him with big smiles, the teenagers pats his arm and gives him a thumbs up for a ‘job well done’.

He encounters patrols who reverence him with a salute before marching their way.

He sees Kamil at the incline of the canyon playing fetch with Community Princess the Labrador retriever. She’s a bundle of energy running back and forth, tail wagging, tongue swishing.

Precious momentarily stop, watching the interaction between dog and owner. She’d been a gift for the pack as a puppy but