This is a story about the collision of new and old worlds. “There are still places on our planet where, despite computers, mobile phones, TV and other modern technologies, myths have survived, and ancient wisdom still governs the lives of ordinary people who lead an extremely primitive - by our standards - existence,” says Kilpatrick. — “What kind of shock will a person who grew up in such a place experience if he finds himself in a “civilized” country and brings all the beliefs absorbed with his mother’s milk to this world, which by 2009 had almost forgotten about God and myths?

The story is included in the anthology “By Blood We Live.”