After consuming the fruit, Victor coughed.
The girl stood up and handed him the water.
"I simply collected some water from the river.Filtration has been done with small stones.It’s clean.Drink it."
Victor stopped momentarily as he inspected the water as if suspecting it was poisoned.
The girl didn’t seem to grasp Victor’s thinking.She persuaded Victor to drink the water.
"Quick.There is no need to be worried.For the past few days, I’ve been drinking the water.My bowel movements are normal."
"Thanks,"
Victor mumbled as he took the water.
"We’re in the same boat.We both got lost in the forest.Humans have a built-in tendency to give a hand to each other."
She nonchalantly waved her hand.
The sun was blazing.
"Then again, we can’t stay here for long.There has to be a way out."
Rather than drinking it, Victor quietly set the water down.
He was extremely thirsty, and he had been injured.
However, he was skeptical of the person in front of him despite the fact that his body needed water very badly at that moment.
"Hey! What’s your name?"
The girl shifted her attention to Victor.
For a fleeting moment, she caught a glimpse of the water jug.She could tell he hadn’t drunk the water.
Pretending not to see it, she shifted her attention elsewhere.
"Vic."
"Van?" she asked since she didn’t heart it clearly"
Observing her, Victor paused before nodding in agreement.
"What about you, then? What is your name?"
"My name? Shelia Davis."
Shelia’s two deep dimples were clearly visible as she smiled.
can call me
"Shelia.."
whispered
"That’s a pretty name."
I chose
against Victor, she crossed
the name you chose for
name because I like the way it sounds and because it’s unique as
the name with a branch that she found on the ground while she was
out how to spell
about it sounded boyish
set Shelia apart from other girls was her
regard, she was like a boy Shelia added the word "Van" to the
is your name,
Victor was his name.
didn’t correct her and
other’s names,
friendship,
once again!
"Pleasure. I’m Van."
to Shelia
up and patted the soil on her body after she had thrown away
stalked again by
aware that they wouldn’t
stood slowly with his
"Let’s get going!"
darts in a cloth bag, Shelia returned to Victor
took the jar of water that he hadn’t consumed, surveyed the area, and indicated
"Let’s take this route."
gaze remained fixed
deftly stow the darts.He gave her a
claimed to have lost her
to save him from
in the wild it was apparent that she wasn’t lost or in need of help at the very
was on guard
Shelia led the way.
didn’t move as quickly as she perhaps could if he was in perfect
forest for about forty minutes, and
was surging upwards
the sun as she
feel like we’ve been traveling
came to a
the third time we’ve come across this tree,"
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