Nearing noon, the drizzling rain showed no signs of stopping.
The terrain here was treacherous indeed, with a surging rapid flowing below and rocks protruding on both banks. The dense, humid jungle followed next, filled with intertwined branches and bushes everywhere. There was no paved road in sight; going forth seemed extremely strenuous - it required blazing one's own trail, literally.
Understandably, apart from lost tourists and training Forces, normal people would never set foot in such an area.
Calvin Ramos, who had been "commanded" by Flossie Wright to start a fire, cut down two chunks of wood with his military knife - one round and one wide, planning to create a fire through an ancient method, "drilling wood to produce fire". This exercise was meant to evade infrared detection. No one thought about lighting a fire, let alone bringing auxiliary tools like a fire-starter. Thus, they could only resort to the most basic method of wilderness survival.
