We already knew. She looked at me with reproach and shook her head. You listen for a few obvious pieces, not the subtleties that are important. I fumbled, trying to remember details. The things we must do are unchanged.
Humans know only canoes and paddles while the meaning of life is in the water.
We must understand beyond our human ways, we must see below the surface. The proverb could have been quoted by Master Lu. I nodded and asked again what Oluck Kiya provided us, but she rolled away and I was left staring up at the dark. .