The morning after the night visit, I got out of the car and checked around with the curvature detector. The needle does go wild, it seems there indeed was something strange in the night, I decided to ride into a different place just in case. In the end, the land protection patrol stopped me, on the border of the territory.
The agents were quite talkative and fun men, checked the car, checked the documents, chatted for a bit. They did hear about baytyrki, although they call them "bulbulyn ur dam", they even met them a few times themselves.
Also asked me if it was railroaders from the trans-balkan railroad who notified the institute these little angry people rode out of the steppes again. Sometimes they just disappear for two-three years, can't see them at all, not everyone manages to establish the contact.
I was surprised, and they explained to me that the gremlins leave marks on the cargo trains, told me to go look at all of that. Not everyone, they say, can be this lucky. Also marked a few hidden shrines on my map, now I have places to go and check. Not quite sure what they've meant with the cargo trains, though.
Series about exploration of the steppe nation of baytyrki in a universe that is very close to ours, and yet is different in a number of mysterious and fascinating ways.
This is a translation! The original comic is made by Joe Duncan! All rights belong to him!
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