The team members set up camp with practiced ease, appearing to sit down at random, but in reality, they had taken control of all the strategic positions.
Peter Andrews cradled Liz in his arms and sat down by the creek, where Forsythia Brown tore a strip of cloth, dampened it with creek water, wrung it out until it was half-dry, and placed it on Liz's forehead.
Beauty Child hurried forward to help.
Even though Beauty Child washed the cloth strip over and over again, and even though Forsythia Brown applied the cold compress to Liz time and again, the temperature inside her body was too high for the cold water to make a difference.
Because of the high fever, Liz's body involuntarily started to convulse.
Forsythia Brown knew that Liz must have been in a lot of pain.
Yet, even so, Liz still clenched her teeth tightly and didn't make a sound.
This was the ability to withstand illness and pain, honed over many years of suffering...
