The warship was not stopping at Langa-Langa.

The warship was not stopping at Binu.

It was directing its course toward Somo.
Nalasu, blind, could not see this smoke speech written in the air.
Because of the isolation of his house, no one came and told him.

His first warning was when shrill voices of women, cries of children, and wailings of babes in nameless fear came to him from the main path that led from the village to the upland boundaries of Somo.

He read only fear and panic from the sounds, deduced that the village was fleeing to its mountain fastnesses, but did not know the cause of the flight.
He called Jerry to him and instructed him to scout to the great banyan tree, where Nalasu's path and the main path joined, and to observe and report.