
Water has never once moved slower than a rumor. Last night the third sluice gate opened all by itself.
No gate opens itself, old woman.
Please don't say scary things, I walk that path every night!
Forty years on the water channels. The water always tells me who's crying, and when, before anyone else does.

Water has never once moved slower than a rumor. Last night the third sluice gate opened all by itself.