Total Consciousness

Chapter-1: The Killing ….

     The hell hound stared at the entire scene and conjectured for three long licks of air. He tilted his head up at the sky and ignored his desire to howl. Instead, he finalized his thoughts, and he settled on his analysis with firm certainty.

     Cana barked back at Luz with several adamant possibilities. Confident in his assessment, his ears angled toward his master, and he waited to be praised. Of course, he also waited for his orders to go and investigate.

     The seconds ticked away with an unbearable tock, heavy with a snail’s pace. None of that waiting mattered. No praise and no orders were given.

     More discomfort settled in as Cana strained to ignore his desire to go play. He flexed and he stretched, and he worked on easing his tension away. Fortunate for him, a scrumptious substitute filled his mind with jubilant images: of ripping apart those three little men; and of nibbling on that meaty woman for just a bit. In the end, he managed to delay himself, and he waited, like a good assistant should.

     “No, Cana, I don’t think it’s an optical illusion,” said Luz. He reanalyzed the sky and the woods. “I’m not tired or feeling sick either. It’s dim toward the east—somebody is eating up light. And, no … it has nothing … nothing at all to do with that woman on the ground.”

     Cana rose up on his hind legs and made a low gruff sound from the base of his throat. He shook himself from top to bottom; and he barked twice before landing on the ground, lighter than a down goose feather.

     A long sigh steamed out of Cana. He lifted his nose up at the red moon slice, and side glanced at Luz with a skeptical squint. In silence, he moved closer to his master, wagging his tail with a lazy calm. 

     Luz grinned as he smoothed over his neat mustache.

      “Okay, okay,” said Luz, “maybe it is because of that woman on the ground. She smells familiar. Have we …. I just can’t remember who she is. Do you recognize her, jovencito?”

     Cana faced east and dug his claws into the ground. Once more, he spied through the woods. Except, this time, he used much greater power, focusing on the woman and on the three men. The group wrestled with one another, kicking up damp soil into the nippy midnight air. They were close. The party tumbled at a distance of five kilometers away.

     The hell hound licked over his fangs, and he tasted their greedy wants—a mix of hot spice and sour butter and slippery cumin. His ears followed their rhythm. The small party grunted and sweated together in their half-covered darkness, surrounded by tall pine trees and fragrant pecan trees.

     Cana clenched his teeth and he stretched his neck left and then right. Under normal conditions reaching this group required a tiny blink through space, easily closing the distance. He looked back over his shoulder. That method of travel wasn’t allowed for his master until the end of his fight.

     The massive pit bull let out a sigh of disappointment and wiped his nose of tickling dew drops. One more bark and he shook his head, and he moved in closer to Luz.

     The hell hound rubbed up against his master’s right elbow, and he stretched into an angled wide-open yawn. Patience and more patience pumped in his muscles. Cana side glanced up at Luz and wondered how much longer it would take to go and play.

     Luz removed his hat and pressed the sides of his head with the palm of his hand. He nodded a couple of times and considered his tempting paths.

     Silence flowed over the travelers for a handful of seconds, neither one moving a breath.

     Only a one-eyed owl dared to break the stillness. It glided by with its snow-white wings fully extended. Undeterred by the two travelers, the owl released an eerie hoot and dropped a small bomb of shit, right in front of Luz. 

     “Hey, I’m thinking here.” Luz laughed as he gazed at the Snow White Owl. It flew through the cloudless sky and faded into the darkness.

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