human
I bore thee, Nam-Bok, and I gave thee suck when thou wast little, Bask-Wah-Wan whimpered, drawing closer;
gpt
Goddam, and added,
human
No shadow am I, but a man.
gpt
Who may know concerning the things of mystery? Opee-Kwan demanded, half of himself and half of his tribespeople.
human
We are, and in a breath we are not. If the man may become shadow, may not the shadow become man? Nam-Bok was, but is not. This we know, but we do not know if this be Nam-Bok or the shadow of Nam-Bok.
gpt
In the old time long ago, thy father's father, Opee-Kwan, went away and came back on the heels of the years. Nor was a place by the fire denied him. It is said ... He paused significantly, and they hung on his utterance.
human
It is said, he repeated, driving his point home with deliberation,
gpt
But he had no doings with the off-shore wind, Opee-Kwan retorted.
human
He went away into the heart of the land, and it is in the nature of things that a man may go on and on into the land.
gpt
And likewise the sea. But that is neither here nor there. It is said ... that thy father's father told strange tales of the things he saw.
human
Ay, strange tales he told.
gpt
I, too, have strange tales to tell, Nam-Bok stated insidiously. And, as they wavered,
human
And presents likewise.