The Cannibal Is Caught

"Silence. A piercing silence possible only at night. Deafening…

It can be a friend if you’re lying in ambush and listening to it—endlessly mute, as if it were dumb, as if so foolish it has nothing to say, but in truth—cunning. It can be an enemy if someone from the darkness is listening to you. If you, not him, have to move while searching for a hidden quarry… No, not a quarry—an opponent. The quarry prefers to run, and the opponent is experienced, cruel, sensing that the enemy is near. Such an opponent is preparing for a fight…"