Interlude
25. The Raids
A Water Purification Center in Bogotá (Colombia)
The desolated road is lit by a row of street lamps spreading a yellow light and is bordered by a long wire fence, behind which one distinguishes large reservoirs with inscriptions in Spanish.
Near the only lamppost whose light is out, three individuals are cutting the fence mesh using a long pincer. All three then pass through the opening to the other side of the fence and disappear in the shadow of the reservoirs.
A Water Purification Center in Haifa (Israel)
The night is very dark. The only light comes from a street lamp placed above a guard post. A gate controls the access to the grounds beyond. On the gate, a rusty sign says something in Hebrew.
Inside the post, a man and a woman are making love, the man standing behind the woman.
Outside, three individuals dressed in black sneak under the window of the post and enter the grounds without being seen. They quickly disappear behind the dark mass of large reservoirs.
A Mineral Water Factory In Vesoul (France)
Large aluminum tanks sparkle in the sun. On each of them, big green letters state “Natural Purity, Vesoul Water”.
Two women in blue uniform arrive. One starts to climb the metal ladder along one of the reservoirs, while the other one keeps watch.
Having reached the top of the tank, the woman releases the ventilation cap and takes out of her pocket a small block of transparent sheets. She drops ten of these sheets, one by one, inside the tank. She then goes back down silently.
It is then her turn to keep watch while her colleague ascends another tank and repeats the same gestures.
The Town Of Arlit (Niger)
The nocturnal sky is sporadically lit by artillery fire.
In the obscurity, three shadows thread their way among the houses. Once at the main square, they directly head to the well in the center.
The artillery fire that grows in intensity reveals the three shadows, covered in black niqabs, throwing transparent sheets one by one in the well.
Once done, they quickly disappear into the night.
