Owen wasn’t sure at what point he had lost consciousness. It had already begun slipping away from him even before he laid down and closed his eyes to sleep. Waking hallucinations had turned into nightmarish dreams as his body suffered through the poison.
When he woke, the sun had gone down. Though the dense forest was dark even during the day, it became pitch black at night. And the sounds changed as the daytime critters went to sleep and the nighttime critters came to life. There was a campfire already made that chased away some of the darkness in this little portion of the jungle. The woman he had hallucinated was crouched near the fire. Smells of cooking meat reached him. He focused his mind and oriented himself correctly, remembering that she wasn’t a conjuring of his imagination but had been the express reason that he had been bitten by the spider.
All her noises and gesturing had distracted him before he could safely capture the creature for later study.
His bag - opened! - lay at the corner of his vision. He shoved himself up on an elbow and jerked his head towards it. His things lay strewn across the jungle floor.
“Hey!” His voice was hoarse for want of water. He turned his attention to the woman. The blade of his knife glittered near her feet. “Hey!” He pointed a finger at her. His arm trembled somewhat muscles fatigued from fighting the poison. “That’s mine!”
Hadn’t he said that to her earlier?
Yes. About his watch.
He gathered his strength to push himself up farther and even made it to his feet with some staggering effort. He felt weak and spent as he might after a night of hard drinking. His shirt clung to him soaked in sweat. “That’s mine.” He said again of the knife at her feet, swaying as he accused her of stealing.
When he woke, the sun had gone down. Though the dense forest was dark even during the day, it became pitch black at night. And the sounds changed as the daytime critters went to sleep and the nighttime critters came to life. There was a campfire already made that chased away some of the darkness in this little portion of the jungle. The woman he had hallucinated was crouched near the fire. Smells of cooking meat reached him. He focused his mind and oriented himself correctly, remembering that she wasn’t a conjuring of his imagination but had been the express reason that he had been bitten by the spider.
All her noises and gesturing had distracted him before he could safely capture the creature for later study.
His bag - opened! - lay at the corner of his vision. He shoved himself up on an elbow and jerked his head towards it. His things lay strewn across the jungle floor.
“Hey!” His voice was hoarse for want of water. He turned his attention to the woman. The blade of his knife glittered near her feet. “Hey!” He pointed a finger at her. His arm trembled somewhat muscles fatigued from fighting the poison. “That’s mine!”
Hadn’t he said that to her earlier?
Yes. About his watch.
He gathered his strength to push himself up farther and even made it to his feet with some staggering effort. He felt weak and spent as he might after a night of hard drinking. His shirt clung to him soaked in sweat. “That’s mine.” He said again of the knife at her feet, swaying as he accused her of stealing.
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