I painted my skin with mangrove-bark water.

You know this sign ?" He patted his right leg, where the roll of trousers bound his thigh.

"It is for protection in the streets.

It says, 'I am a Heaven-and-Earth man.'" "The Triad!" Heywood whistled.

"You ?" The other faltered, and hung his head.
"Yes," he whispered at last.