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The other two looked grave, but Christian returned to his tourist mask and said, “He is a man of God. He doesn’t believe in that type of thing.”

Sameer noted, “The last missionary didn’t either. Not at first.”

Don Omar appeared from the other side of the bar and dropped a plate with a whole fish atop rice in front of Matthew. There seemed to be a challenge in his eyes as he looked at Matthew. The fish smelled good, but Matthew was not accustomed to eating food which still had a head.

“When in Rome,” Matthew muttered under his breath. He opened the fish and his mouth watered as he smelled the meat from inside.

“Careful, Reverend Matthew Tripp,” said Nickolus. “If you eat the cascadoux fish, you’ll die in Trinidad and Tobago.”

This froze the food halfway to Matthew’s mouth, but Don Omar laughed. “It is a local superstition, Reverend Matthew Tripp. And Nickolus said it wrong. If you eat the cascadoux fish, they say that no matter where you go, you will always return to Trinidad and Tobago at the end of your days.”

“Yes, to die,” said Nickolus.

Kevin explained, “You made it sound like he would die here soon.”

“He’ll be fine as long as he stays out of the jungles,” Sameer said. “And doesn’t make the wrong spirits mad.”