In Love, Never Say Never

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“Let’s go that way!” Nora called to us. She spotted Tabitha and Laurel just climbing out of the hole. “What’s up, you two? If you’ve had a good rest, let’s move on!”

The two women nodded as they dusted the dirt and grime off their wrinkly clothes. They glanced at Tessa, who was still immersed in her prayers. Tabitha mumbled, “She’s so pious. Do you think God with really bless her?”

Nora shrugged. “Let’s go!”

The forest was rather humid in the morning. The soil had become loose. One could hear the soft crunching of the earth just by stepping on it.

“Ah!” Laurel screamed. Then, she squatted on the spot she had previously stepped on and began to scrape at the ground.

Very soon, we saw what had been hiding underneath the earth. It was a cluster of yellowish-white fungi. Some of them had been crushed under her feet.

Only a few short and stout ones were spared.

“Mushrooms!” Tessa, who had been reciting her prayers the whole time, promptly came forward and started digging up the plants from under the fertile soil. She wiped the dirt off and began to swallow them a few pieces at a time.

Laurel, looking equal parts terrified and worried, wondered, “Do we… eat them raw? Just like that?”

Tabitha turned around and, indeed, managed to find other mushrooms of the same variety under some rotten leaves.

She passed some of them to us. “Yes, this kind of mushrooms can be eaten raw. There used to be plenty at my place and we did this all the time. Sure, they won’t satisfy our hunger, but it’ll have to do for now. Let’s eat!”

They dug in. The rest of us, having barely eaten anything for a day, followed suit.

Nora helped herself to some mushrooms. A while later, she looked at Tabitha, a question on her mind. “Are you sure we won’t have any hallucinations after eating these? Once, I watched the news about poison testers in the south. They usually do that come May and June. Those who really did get poisoned are said to be able to ‘transcend reality’.”

Tabitha chuckled. “Well, if you know which ones to eat and which ones to avoid, basically you won’t have any hallucinations.”

Laurel found many other kinds of mushrooms in the soil. She turned around to ask the expert, “What about these?”

Tabitha nodded. “Sure, but we’ll need to cook them. If not, we’ll see things that aren’t there.”

“That’s a pity. None of us have a lighter, otherwise, we could have made ourselves a feast supplied by Mother Nature herself,” Nora sighed as she stuffed more mushrooms into her mouth.

“Ah!” Tessa shouted all of a sudden, prompting everyone else to look towards her, surprise hanging on our faces.

“What? Has your God decided to show Himself?” Nora spoke in annoyance.

Tessa’s face turned pale, her body stiffened, as she muttered, “B-B-Bamboo snake…”

All of us followed her gaze simultaneously. There was a tiny green snake, about fifty centimetres in length, hanging around the leaves of the tree next to her.

We would not have noticed it if we had not been paying attention. The snake spat out its forked tongue. It looked like it was preparing an attack.

“This snake is venomous. We have to be careful!” Tabitha yelled, her face pale and haggard.

I scanned the surroundings from the corner of my eyes. There was a branch that must have been snapped in half by the wind. One of its ends seemed rather sharp.

“What now! What now! I’m going crazy just looking at that ugly thing! Ah, it’s giving me goosebumps!” Nora stood close to me. Driven by anxiety and fright, she clung tightly onto me as if her life depended on it.

I wanted to comfort her, but I was scared too. The creature was inches away from us, equipped with venom!

“Is it not too late if we run now?” Nora muttered, already backing away.

“It’s too late!” Tessa said, her voice trembling. “This is a bamboo snake. It’ll come after us.”

“Damn it! But we can’t just stay here like this!”

Laurel was so scared that she was shaking uncontrollably, her face completely drained of color.

“Kill it!” Tabitha proposed. Despite being scrawny, she dared to glare at the reptile hiding among the leaves with a wicked glint in her dark eyes.

Tessa was closest to the snake. Any careless movements and the snake could latch onto her and sink its fangs on her neck.

But she was too frightened at the moment to do anything. Her body kept shaking. “Don’t provoke it, you guys. I’m scared.”

“What are you scared of? You recite your prayers all the time, right? Your God will protect you. Go on,” Nora said, with great irony.

In a situation like this, no one could afford to be distracted.

Tabitha turned to instruct Tessa. “Okay, here’s what we’re going to do. I’ll count to three. You get ready to dodge. I will throw a rock and see if I can hit it.”

What?

Tessa was on the verge of tears. “You can’t possibly hit it! The chances are slim. What if you hit me instead? I’ll die!”

“Do you have other ideas?” Tabitha asked a rhetorical question. Tessa shook her head in despair.

“It’s a gamble then!” With that said, Tabitha slowly bent down and picked up a stone.

Tessa was really having a breakdown, but time was running out and we had no other choice. We had to take our chances.

“One, two, three… Duck!” As if on cue, Tessa promptly moved away.

Tabitha flung the stone towards the bamboo snake hiding among the leaves.

Wild animals often had faster reflexes than humans.

The bamboo snake evaded Tabitha’s attack. Angered, it made its advance on Tessa, who had just barely got out of its way.

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A reactionary creature like this was even more fearful when it sprang into action.

It’s going to get Tessa! I hastily picked up the branch I’d spotted earlier on the ground and jabbed its sharp side at the snake.

Thankfully, that single thrust pierced through the snake’s mid-section and successfully pinned it down.

Its head and tail, however, remained wriggling furiously.

Tessa was still recovering from her fright. Anger and shock coursed through her, forming a volatile mix of emotions.

up the stone that Tabitha had flung away earlier, then brought it crashing firmly down

thus maimed; the snake seemed to be caught in a daze. Without hesitation, Tessa vehemently crushed

Tessa only stopped, satisfied, when the snake had been utterly

a sickly pale. Nora gulped, then quickly

forged our way forward, we managed to pick quite a lot of mushrooms. The forested mountain was ancient and teeming with

to eat and drink. No matter what else happened to us, at least

resembling an apple, growing

rate of trekking had left her face flushed and dripping with

and tossed a few down. “It’s grown in the wild. It’s not very sweet, but it’s edible. We can pick them all

good plan. We quickly ascended the tree after Tabitha. Tessa, however, sat a little way off fiddling with her own belongings. She’d eaten quite a lot of mushrooms along

gave it her best shot. Being rather plump and short, however, climbing

while. Laurel was resigned to waiting on the ground below, picking up the

the branches. She greedily ate any fruits she’d managed

maintained a clear head. She’d sensibly

of having to face another snake. She wildly surveyed her surroundings, then took another huge bite of the apple

shook her head helplessly, then continued throwing fruits down. Laurel continued picking them up in her ungainly

is that woman doing? She’s been fumbling with her things ever since we got here! Did killing that snake mess with her

shrugged in

the two of you talking about? Let’s be quick! Once we’re done picking the fruits, we should hurry along,” I broke

discussing trivial matters? These girls can be so flippant about things

entire tree. We even took the

snake that we’d killed was the only aggressive one we encountered. The rest of the

water, fruits, and a side of mushrooms, we

few peaks, daylight slowly began to fade. We still hadn’t found ourselves a suitable resting spot for the night, however. Nora grew visibly anxious, insisting, “Let’s keep going forward. I saw a couple of manmade paths along the trail, which means there must be a village or two nearby. If

to be the only viable solution for now. The other girls found Nora’s proposal agreeable and continued their walk with renewed

be home soon,” we urged each other. Our

crossed another peak and indeed saw flares

get home, I’ll surely take myself out for a good foie gras and a seafood buffet. Besides, I’ll treat myself to some cosmetic products that I’ve

everyone

steak. I feel as if I could eat a whole cow,” Nora declared exaggeratedly, popping the rest of

to make it

rest

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indeed get to go home this time around, what would you want to do

lingered in my mind as I continued trudging forward, deep in

especially craving. After a moment’s pause, I concluded, “I want to see the person I miss most, give him a hug, and

curiously

gave her a faint smile

signs of human life. The village we’d arrived at was located in quite a rural area of the mountains,

the number of lamps we’d counted shining in the dark, there were probably thirty to forty

the night,” Nora suggested, already making her way towards the door of

suddenly rushed out into the yard and began sounding the alert

Fortunately, the dog was leashed to a rope. It strained against its tether, barking

of the cottage had evidently heard the ruckus. Out stepped a middle-aged man with tan, weathered

understood what he was trying to say. After a while, Tabitha gasped. “We might

after peak, hadn’t brought us any closer to home. We’d even gone so far that we were in another

into disarray. Upon seeing our confused faces, the owner of the cottage seemed to further mistake our intentions. He waved his axe at us threateningly in a bid to chase us

sixteen years of age, ran out of the cottage just then. She tugged at

young woman urgently conferred with the man for a while. He then grew noticeably calmer and lowered

made a few hesitant motions with her

He did, however, let

dismal sight and stripped down within. Its clay walls were caked with

that farming villages would have used decades ago. The lamp burned dimly at a bare fifty watts, probably to save

tent stitched together out of gunny sacks. There was dust everywhere.

covered the tent looked sure to be

bowls from a cabinet and placed

man continued to gesture furiously. He seemed to be inviting us to

at the bowls in front of us. The food was steeped in

we try it?” Tabitha exclaimed rather adventurously. She had more of an appetite than

for a whole day, we dug in rather gratefully. The flavor of the pickled

days since we’d really tasted anything. The pickled onions thus thoroughly satisfied

his daughter squatted in a corner. They gazed at us

uneasiness, Nora persisted in her attempts to communicate with them. Along with her

both father and daughter came to understand that we were

stumped, however, by what exactly a

his fellow villagers. Until then, we’d have to take shelter in this battered cottage. Compared to spending a

was already up in the tree in

stood beneath the tree with a basket, picking up the soft fruits he’d accidentally let tumble onto

she’d beam a smile in our direction. It was as if she was eagerly trying to transmit her

between happiness and wealth, doesn’t it?” Tabitha mused, looking rather wistful.

crossed her arms, leaning against the door frame. “Why? Are you thinking

on this whole turn of events, and I feel as if I’ve been enlightened. How

the philosophical tendencies she’d been harboring all this way. We’d finally managed

“Can we take a break from philosophy for

ignored Nora. She marched straight out into the yard and began picking up fruits

communicate with words but smiles and gestures seemed

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desperation to head home, Nora hauled me along into the village in our hunt for a

Surely someone must have a phone around here! we thought. When we knocked on the door of the next cottage,

at miming remained futile. We departed after a good while,

side, disconsolate. Laurel was the first to speak. “If we can’t get any results here, we should try moving further in. Perhaps we’ll get to the

how much longer the road up ahead is. If we aren’t careful, we may be mistaken

a little more than the average villager. If we manage

in touch with the local police, they may be able to send

promising idea we’d had. We cheered up instantly at the thought and launching into a feverish discussion of what we

knows if there’s even a functional police station around here? I

participate in any criminal act, regardless of its motive. She slipped

Tabitha, however, were enthusiastic. “Leave it

to one of the villager’s yards under the pretense of borrowing something. They then grabbed a bundle of items and

with fruit, fully expecting the police

had counted on the kindness of the villager. The owner of the house had been enraged at the two girls’ theft. However, on account of Nora and Tabitha being foreigners, the villager

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