Time: 15:30. Location: Moon Lake, Green Zone.
10 days until the honey festival.
Alikhan reveals his name and asks for the girl's name. Veronica is focused on preparing the barracuda, scraping the inner and outer walls of the fish with the knife, both to remove the scales and to prevent traces of tetrodo toxin from remaining inside.
"Just Vera"
The girl gets a couple of branches, scrapes off the rough edges with the knife, and inserts the pieces of barracuda along the entire length of the branch, leaving only a small space to hold with the fingers. Delivers one of the fish skewers to Alikhan.
They both extend one arm over the fire and cook the meat. Soon drops of fat begin to drip from the flesh, making a ruckus in the fire and spreading a tasty aroma in the air. Alikhan asks the girl about who she learned to do all the work: fishing and cooking.
"I usually camp with my father"
