Year 3, Day 295
Well, they’re gone again.
I shouldn’t be surprised. They follow the herds, and the herds had gone on. I think now that they stayed in one place much longer than usual when Songbird led them to me, perhaps because Storm Cloud wanted to learn what she could from me. But I will be seeing them again at the Gather.
Songbird and Giraffe will be formally mated there, and I would not be at all surprised if Songbird is pregnant by then. Not that it will make the least difference to anyone; it is considered rather a good omen if the fertility of the bride is proven.
Meanwhile I might as well start deciding what I want to take with me and what is the best way to manage power. The solar panels are limited, they will not last forever, and I have no way of building more, so some other kind of power generation will be necessary if I plan to stay on this planet. As if I had any choice!
In case you’re new to this, Jarn’s Jounal is the (fictional) journal of a (fictional) human-like alien stranded on Earth, in Africa, 125,000 years ago. A longer version is on my main blog; my author site has all of Jarn’s Journal to date.
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I’m a bit surprised that there would be no way to build (or at least repair) solar panels, given the glass-building before. Good stuff, though!
Solar panels take a lot more technology (and rare elements) than widow glass, which is basically fused sand with some easy-to-find additives. See http://homecomingbook.wordpress.com/2012/08/11/could-jarn-have-made-glass-ian1/
It’s good to know that he has other options if (when?) the solar panels eventually fail. I’m surprised that Jarn took the news of Songbird’s arrangement to Giraffe so well. Maybe I’m reading too much between the lines.
Right now Storm Cloud’s death is reminding him very strongly that the People are a different species. But he is getting increasingly lonely.
Oh poop. I was kinda hoping Jarn and Songbird would hook up. Ah wells…I suppose he’s not meant to interfere, right?
That’s still in his mind.
Do I detect a hint of bitterness creeping into Jarn’s journal?
How’d you feel if you hadn’t seen another person for 3 years and had no hope of ever seeing one again?
I’d have been bitter loooong before that. I’m amazed it took Jarn so long.
Jarn can’t seem to win. I’m sure thinking about the solar panels is just as much a forced distraction as a necessity given Songbird’s impending pairing with Giraffe. Yet he keeps on keeping on.
🙂 Heidi
Ah, Jarn sounds sad. Poor guy.
It’s going to take him a while to start thinking about anything but enduring.