Átkozott józanság!

Set against the smoky backdrop of 1907 Budapest, the tale slips downstream to a moon‑lit stretch of the Danube where an elderly wanderer, a tireless Székely paddler, and a solitary boat become the unlikely keepers of a strange river ritual. Their days blend routine—measuring water, cooking over a fire, sketching in pocket notebooks—with an uncanny nocturnal spectacle: a massive rock transforms into a dragon silhouette, and a shadowy figure climbs its snout before diving headlong into the river’s depths.

As the night deepens, the trio tend to a mysterious, fever‑stricken stranger rescued from the water, offering tea laced with rum and sugar while the river’s hush seems to listen. Their quiet ministrations reveal a tapestry of superstition, fleeting identities, and the thin line between legend and reality that the Danube forever guards. Listeners are drawn into a world where ordinary tasks become portals to the uncanny, inviting contemplation of fate’s quiet currents.