Chapter 10. Still Alive

“Did you guys come here on holiday?”

Edmund tried to break the tension in his head.

While rubbing her hands with antiseptic, the little girl shook her head.

“Papa came here to work. He is a wildlife photographer and journalist. There are many endemic and rare animals here. Papa came to study them.”

“Then your mother?”

“Mama works as Papa’s assistant. That’s why I came here too. They couldn’t possibly leave me at home. Moreover, they often move from country to country and stay for quite a long time. We’ve been here for three months. Can you imagine how sad I would be if I failed to see Chamarel Falls?”

Edmund’s head instinctively moved forward.

“Where is your house?”

“We live in the Kalimantan forest, in a