章 46: Chapter 46

“Yes.”

“Did you tell them that we’d go along with their plan?”

Tatanka, still calm, rose from the floor and came to Lee. He placed his hand on Lee’s shoulder. “I did not tell yes or no. I tell them we would consider what they have proposed.”

Now Lee turned to the man he loved. He put his arms around Tatanka’s neck and looked deeply into his eyes. He tried with all his strength of will to understand. “In my world,” Lee began, “when two people love each other, and have said they are one with each other, that means, no matter what, we stick to that promise.”

Tatanka replied, “This act that these men are asking of us has nothing to do with our love or our promise. It is only an act of the body. In my world it is what is expected of us, as a brave hunting, or a woman cooking. In my world it is our duty.”

“Then, here we are again; your world and my world. When are we gonna find ‘our’ world?”