The starlight wasn't bright and barely illuminated the two figures. Yet, it was enough to see that one of them was slender of frame, feminine and most likely tender in age as well. This young woman had directly fallen face first on the ground and was still carrying a heavy backpack on her back, which she might have been carrying before losing consciousness like this.
Her face seemed to be stained with a sticky black liquid all over– it couldn't be identified in the sparse light but there was a fishy smell in the air, which only meant one thing. It was blood! A small muddied puddle was partially visible under her fallen body and the water seemed to have seeped inside her clothes. Maybe it was the chill caused by getting soaked or the night wind or even the loss of blood. Maybe, it was all these reasons combined together– the young woman looked deadly pale, even from the gloomy light shed by the stars.
