Near a tree, lies Edward's body, lifeless, completely immobile from the shock of the fall.
He remained unconscious throughout the night, unable to move even an inch.
It was only the next morning that Edward was able to gradually open his eyes.
He saw before him a huge forest stretching as far as the eye could see, emerged by immense rays of sunlight that Edward was only able to see very rarely in his village.
Far from being amazed, the euphoria of the fall left only survival in mind for Edward, completely helpless in the face of the situation.
Edward:
"Edward opened his eyes gradually, not letting himself be stopped by the strong light passing through his retina."
"He instantly understood the vital importance of quickly recovering if he did not want to risk death a second time, when Edward fully opened his eyes, he examined slowly the state of his body, looking at his whole body."
(I have unbearable pain that hasn't left me since I woke up, where is it?)
"He can't use his arms or legs, he only uses his eyes to see where his pain is coming from."
Looking aroung, he noticed the position he had fallen into."
(I fell into a side position.)
"Maintaining an air of incomprehension about the situation, Edward observes more carefully where his pain comes from, with a slow pace."
(It seems like the pain is coming from my stomach but I don't know in which part.)
"He tries to swing his hand towards his stomach, resulting to gather more pain."
"Seeing that it leads to nothing, he stops trying to reach it."
(I can't seem to move, I feel like every bone in my body is broken.
If I try to move, I would have exactly the same pain as when I tried to move my hand, that's the impression I have.
(I should call for help just in case, there might be people near this place who can come and rescue me, I have nothing to lose anyway.)
Help !!
Help, help me!!
Help !!
Please come and help me, help!!
"Edward shouts his desire to be saved for a full minute before stopping, due to lack of energy."
(It looks like no one will come to rescue me.
Too bad, It would have saved me a lot of problems, i'm literally stuck here, I can't be more desperate than I am right now after all.
I have to find a way to survive and quickly, the longer I stay like this, the harder it will be to feed myself with what I have in my bag.
I'm going to try moving my right arm to see how much pain I can tolerate.)
"Edward tries to move his arm."
Aaah ouch aah aaah !!
It hurts, way too much, I couldn't move it, it hurts so much!
"When he feels this pain, he instinctively stops moving his arm."
Aaah !
Aah !
Ahh.
Ahh.
(It suddenly feels better.
This pain is terrible, it looked like someone had fun touching my bones with his fingers, it's a horrible feeling.
…
…
And now?
Honestly I don't know what to do.
How am I supposed to eat and drink if I can't even move my arm properly?
I have no options left except to wait until I am discovered or until my body heals itself, at least enough so that I can move parts of my body like my hands.
How frustrating it is to not be able to do anything, I feel like I'm at an impasse and I can't do anything to fix it.
I think I have no choice apart from trying to sleep, hoping to make the time pass more quickly since at this point I'm going to be stuck here for a while.
Might as well make sure the sight of this grass doesn't bore me too much.)
As time ran out, night arrived.
Edward endured the cold, the boredom and then slept peacefully after facing the cruel winds of the night.
His experience with nightime cold showed his full potential, ironically.
A new day passes and gives way to a sunrise that Edward will not have seen, sleeping with clenched fists like a bear beginning a new sleep cycle as winter approaches.
That morning, Edward tried after an uncontrolled awakening to go back to sleep, in vain.
As soon as Edward was awake, boredom took over more and more space and it did not prevent primary needs from being felt such as hunger or thirst.
The afternoon passes under the face of Edward falling asleep, too stubborn to try to stay awake, blinded by comfort.
Leaving after these endless moments of waiting, interspersed by random moments of pain, room for night.
Night appeared again and let Edward fall asleep in the light of his dreams or nightmares, in a permanent struggle against the elements of nature and his own vital desires.
The sunrise seemed even more beautiful than yesterday but Edward wouldn't see a single burst of it given his cruel lack of energy, he was still sleeping at that time.
Then the morning started again for a new day.
At the same time.
??????? :
Dad, do you think that will be enough to feed all the customers, all the rabbits we just hunted?
???? :
Of course, it's a good hunt compared to usual, rabbits are smaller, that's all.
Don't worry, big girl, we'll be able to last several days with all that.
??????? :
The more the better, I'm tired of only eating vegetables when we don't have enough meat in reserve to feed us.
Meat is so good that there should be meat trees instead of bothering to growing yucky greens.
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It's not good for your health Rebecca to only eat meat, how many times I have to tell you so you remember it?
Dammit, you retain nothing, and on the other hand, you like to gorge yourself on meat, you should learn a little more not to let yourself be dominated by your desires.
Rebecca:
Yeah yeah, I'll think about it, hmm?
You know what is this?
"Rebecca points to a misshapen thing."
Ludo:
What is this?
"They both look towards the thing in question."
Rebecca:
I will see.
"Rebecca walks towards this thing without waiting any longer."
Ludo:
Wait, I'm coming with you.
"He also walks towards this thing behind Rebecca, cautiously, they approach closer and closer until they reach the thing."
Rebecca:
Shit !
I didn't notice the head from afar, it's an injured boy!
He has lots of leaves around him, it's normal that we didn't recognize him at the first look.
"She removes all the leaves."
I'm going to see if he's still alive.
"She approaches his chest to see if his torso is moving but she doesn't feel any breathing. To check that he is still alive without having doubts, she instead reaches out to his heart to see if it is still beating."
Ludo:
Is he still alive?
"Rebecca removes her hand from her chest."
Rebecca:
Phew, he's still alive but he looks very bad.
"She examines his body, looks carefully at his face then touches his hand."
His face is pale and his body is very cold.
We need to bring him a blanket to warm him up, some water and some food.
I have the strong impression that if we don't act quickly, he risks dying given his condition.
Ludo:
Let's go back to the village quickly to do that, come on.
"They run back to the village to bring back their game, take all the supplies they need then they run back to the young man they found."
Rebecca:
"As soon as Ludo and Rebecca reached the young man, Rebecca immediately put the blanket on him."
Ludo:
"Then Ludo lift and turns the young man's back for it to be placed towards him, held from behind by Rebecca, and he inserted the gourd that he brought back into the young man's mouth to make him drink."
"After making him drink water, Rebecca drop slowly the young man back."
"Ludo takes a bowl filled with crushed apples, he inserts the crushed apple pieces into the young man's mouth with a metal spoon while making him manually chew the pieces with his hands , avoiding the case where he suffocate due to the eat."
"He feeds it until there is nothing left."
Well, at least, he won't falter for now.
We only need to take him to the village so that he recovers and he should be fine.
Rebecca:
"Meanwhile, Rebecca looks at the wounds on the young man's stomach and on his shoulders."
Wait two seconds dad before carrying him, he has lots of wounds where he bleeds, if we lift him too quickly we might risk aggravating his open wounds.
Ludo:
No, we have no choice, we absolutely have to move him to a cleaner place so that he doesn't develop bacterial infections.
Otherwise, he risks dying quickly if he gets an infection, in the case we decide to not move him to the village.
Rebecca:
You're right, I didn't think about it.
Ludo:
It's okay, now help me get it up.
You take the legs, I lift the blanket and his back by putting both my arms under his back.
We will carry it on our hands to the village.
Rebecca:
All right.
"They lift the young man at the beginning without problems, but they almost completely let go of him after hearing this cry."
Edward:
Aaaah!!!
Aahh!!!
Aaahh!!
"Edward sweats profusely very quickly, feeling so many stimuli upon waking that he almost passes out from the pain."
"Opening his eyes in panic, he felt horrible pains all over his body, causing him to lose all lucidity in just a few seconds, reacting only instinctively to the pain."
Ludo:
"Not understanding the situation at first, Ludo quickly pulled himself together when he witnessed the cries of pain."
Put the boy on the floor with me, quickly!
"They both place Edward as gently as possible on the ground, Ludo drops the blanket they had used previously to put Edward on it at the same time."
Edward:
Aahh!!
"Following this last cry of pain, Edward passed out from the pain, leaving his eyes completely white, his body not supporting the pain caused throughout his body."