Written by Katherine to Almasy while she lay in the cave:
My darling, I'm waiting for you — how long is a day in the dark, or a
week? The fire is gone now, and I'm horribly cold. I really ought to
drag myself outside but then there would be the sun. . . I'm afraid I
waste the light on the paintings and on writing these words. We die, we
die rich with lovers and tribes, tastes we have swallowed, bodies we
have entered and swum up like rivers, fears we have hidden in, like this
wretched cave. We are the real countries, not the boundaries drawn on
maps with the names of powerful men. I know you will come and carry me
out into the palace of winds. That's all I've wanted — to walk in such a
place with you, with friends, on earth without maps. [written in
journal]
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