Halcyon's Journal IV

All is hushed. So where is this human voice coming from? ...Master? Senior Brother? Swallow? Falcon? Heron? Or... ? ... Thump... thump... Is it the calculation array? The calculation array... is all right... isn't it? The children... my children... Swallow... Falcon... Birthday gift... Flower-honey cakes... ... The moon in the water... is no match for... the moon in the sky... The moon in the sky... drives back the long night...