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In the dark ocean, the safest place is one's own bed. They compare the bed to a ship that can freely navigate through the Black Sea without being detected by any of the strange and dangerous elements."
'In the beliefs of the Gilkini people, a bed serves as a conduit between the real Black Sea and the illusory reality, which is a marvelous thing. Because of their contrary understanding of reality and illusion, many of them pursue the ingestion of hallucinogenic herbs, allowing themselves to remain in a state of delusion for extended periods. They insist that what is seen during these hallucinations is the true reality.'
According to records, the population of the Gilkini people had already been declining annually even before the massacre that occurred thirty years ago. Just before the slaughter, according to census bureau data, their total population was only three thousand six hundred and seventy-two people.'
