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Contents (43)
  1. Rain Born
  2. Rain Born
  3. About the Author
  4. Dedication
  5. Copyright Information ©
  6. Chapter 1
  7. Chapter 2
  8. Chapter 3
  9. Chapter 4
  10. Chapter 5
  11. Chapter 6
  12. Chapter 7
  13. Chapter 8
  14. Chapter 9
  15. Chapter 10
  16. Chapter 11
  17. Chapter 12
  18. Chapter 13
  19. Chapter 14
  20. Chapter 15
  21. Chapter 16
  22. Chapter 17
  23. Chapter 18
  24. Chapter 19
  25. Chapter 20
  26. Chapter 21
  27. Chapter 22
  28. Chapter 23
  29. Chapter 24
  30. Chapter 25
  31. Chapter 26
  32. Chapter 27
  33. Chapter 28
  34. Chapter 29
  35. Chapter 30
  36. Chapter 31
  37. Chapter 32
  38. Chapter 33
  39. Chapter 34
  40. Chapter 35
  41. Chapter 36
  42. Chapter 37
  43. Chapter 38

The other three pages are written by Lady Parsana. They seem to have been part of her Narratives, titled in the same way. But apparently, they have been omitted in all the copies made from Parsana Narratives. The title ‘Saviour’s Prophecies’ takes him by surprise. All these years living on the Saviour Ship, having read and heard all the Saviour Narratives many times, he had never heard the Saviour giving prophecies! His Marvels about finding the islands is still wondrous to all, but prophecies? He hurriedly reads through the lines, to find Parsana’s exile cause. But Parsana has given an account of his time alone with the Saviour. The dialogue is intimate as if two friends are conversing. She asks him why they are not allowed to kill the giant fish. Tirad is surprised to read such a trivial question that the Saviour had answered to many times before, the same answer: that men will come back after death in the form of men or large fish. Hadn’t this answer convinced Parsana? Why had she asked him the same question again? Perhaps such over questionings had been the cause of her exile.

Parsana quotes the Saviour’s answer: “Within two to three eras, there will no longer be a difference between us and the fish. We shall all become one; our women shall the nurse the infant fish and the female fish shall breastfeed our babies under the water.” Parsana has asked for more explanation. But the Saviour has said: “My explanation is not understandable to you. These words are for our descendants who shall one day face this phenomenon.” She has asked about the preventive actions and the Saviour has once again referred her to his Rules, saying that such Rules are to be obeyed by all who live on the sea. This questions and answers go on for three pages.

Tirad distances himself from the table. Straightens his back and wipes his eyes with the back of his hands, unawares of the dust that has resided on them. His eyes soar as the dust gets into them and he can hardly keep his eyes open. He knows that Hurmaz had put these papers between the book pages on purpose. He knew Tirad would open ‘Brothers Karamazov’. He must have wanted Tirad to find them; no one else would open this book. He still doesn’t understand what this so-called prophecy has to do with Parsana’s exile and with the case of the dead pregnant women. But if they weren’t relevant, Hurmaz wouldn’t have put them for Tirad to find. Or maybe there was no intention behind this; it was all an irrelevant coincidence. Why did he not give them to Tirad that same day when he gave the reports of the dead pregnant women? Tirad puts the four pages in the blue covered book and closes it. His eyes are soaring and tears keep coming out of them. He is careful not to wipe the tears with his hands; he has to wash them first.