One after the other they came sleepwalking down to the pool. The rest of the group arrived early morning yesterday. A few hours of sleep and then they fought the sleep deprivation and jetlag and joined us, the veterans, by the poolside. The speed and stress from Sweden and Norway had obviously followed them to Kerala. One million questions about how things work, what to order, where to swim. Stress over the anatomy exam, studying muscles and physiology although their eyes could hardly focus on the hand in front of them.
Sweetest M and I went into hiding when the questions became too many and the ripples on the previously so calm water became too harassing. Soon they will be absorbing the Indian spirit, the tensions will melt in the sun and the speed will be adapted to a more comfortable pace. But there is no doubt that the energy has shifted.
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