Times felt different in the silent forest, the night felt even darker looking up the closed canopy.
Amie lit some makeshift torches we accepted gladly. Figured if we getting discovered it will be a 160 plus feet long bright white plane wreck not some sticks on fire.
" .. the cyclone forced us off course and somehow ended up here. " said Miles with his back to me. " Omega 3 happens to be the closest of the 5 outposts to mainland Australia. "
We decided to use the same strategy the girls used. Back to back to and constantly talked so we wouldn't fall asleep.
" Has anyone else .. you know got knocked out like me? " I asked.
" Not sure, it was absolute chaos, people screaming stumbling around.. dying. " he added silently.
With the initial shock mostly gone I felt the all consuming pain and sorrow that were missing before. So many dead, Ranni did her best from what Miles told me but healers are not Gods. They can't resurrect the dead.
