Darryl was welcomed warmly by the Somer people as if he was not a roux blood at all. When he stepped out the shore, children lined up to give him colorful flowers and the elders kissed his head out of gratitude. The whole afternoon was filled with singing and dancing and it took a while before the chieftain, Enoch, Baruk Tam and Darryl to withdraw to an isolated chamber to talk. Baruk Tam served them organic beers as they were discussing.
The Chieftain asked Darryl about the mainland's politics as well as their leaders and Darryl willingly answered all his queries. He also narrated to him the struggle he had gone through in making the bridge because of how the government wanted to preserve the Manggan island. The Chieftain of course knew this as his previous wife had told him all these things, however, he wanted to hear the story again just like before.
