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 the
"That’s a pretty name."
mean? I chose
Victor, she crossed
you say the name you chose
chose the name because I like the way it sounds and because it’s unique as far as I’m
that she found on the ground while she was
out how to spell Shelia’s name
Nothing about it sounded
from other girls was her short hair and
regard, she was like a boy Shelia added the word "Van" to the end of her
your
Victor was his name.
didn’t correct
we now know each other’s names, we can call each
a gesture of friendship, Shelia
once again! Hi, my
"Pleasure. I’m Van."
to Shelia and they exchanged a
body after she
possible for you to stand? To avoid being stalked again
aware that they wouldn’t be here
and stood slowly with his hand on
"Let’s get going!"
soon as she had the darts in a cloth bag, Shelia returned to Victor
jar of water that he hadn’t consumed, surveyed the area, and indicated in the direction of
"Let’s take this route."
remained
deftly
have lost
able to
the wild it was apparent that
on guard against the
Shelia led the way.
didn’t move as quickly as she perhaps could if he was in
the forest for about forty minutes, and they still hadn’t
temperature was surging upwards
to block out the sun as she
like we’ve
came
is the third time we’ve come across this tree," he said, looking at
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