War

[Benjamin Naifeh Atiyeh]

Running through the desert as fast as I could trying to stay behind the lines of the Egyptian troops. Looking for victims of the war not dead ones... but ones that lay dying or might look like they died from their wounds. It was something that I learned while I was away from Amun for a time. It was easier before the computer age. A long time a go paperwork could easily have been misplaced or was inaccurate.

They were at Kantara and had just crossed into the Suez. I could smell the blood around me and my instincts took over. I found a man muttering in Arabic... Dying... I know I am dying... Kill me please. I felt obliged to carry out this man's last wish in this world.

At some point I realized that Tia had joined me and we were in Israeli territory and had to keep low for they also had victims and we were still hungry.

We were able to feed and hide our presence sometimes with difficulty in the hot sun. After we had our fill we headed back into Egypt as stealthily as we could and went on to vacation in the Siwa Oasis, in our sanctuary.