Joel stared at the astonished face on the cell phone screen for a long time, his thoughts in a whirl. He looked to his side, then back at the cell phone, then again to the side.
From the background and angle in the picture, it was clearly taken just now, in this very spot. But what's with the face in the image?
Joel subconsciously touched his own face. For a moment, he almost forgot what he looked like. Could he have mistaken his appearance to be identical to that of John?
Or perhaps, the 'John' he has always thought of, has been himself all along?
But these thoughts were fleeting, and he quickly cleared his mind, looked again at the photograph, and confirmed that it was John who was captured, not himself.
What was going on?
Given his current environment, under the dim moonlight over his head, he could clearly see his surroundings and detect other organisms approaching by their sounds and smells.
