...
Five days later.
Rex saw Simbady again.
In the hospital at the encampment of the First Army.
Coming with Simbady was a bright, dainty Mojin girl.
"How are you feeling?" Mulley said as she placed a bouquet of seaweed on the windowsill. "This is the only thing I can get here. There are no pretty flowers, but at least they are plants, which is better than muddy sand, isn't it?"
"Ah... thank you," Rex said as he straightened up. " I feel... much better."
"That's good. You scared me when you came out of the water. Your face went livid, your body spasmed violently, and you kept coughing out water," Mulley said, smiling. "Then you got a fever after arriving at the encampment. Simbady and I came to visit you twice, but you had yet to regain your consciousness when we paid the visits."
Rex said with a bitter smile, "I'm too weak."
