Father Kaman had some new questions that needed answers from the Hurd elder.
Watching Kaman's figure disappear behind the tent flap, Winters exhaled a long sigh and wearily collapsed onto the camp bed. However, he accidentally agitated his eye injury, causing tears to uncontrollably stream from his left eye again.
The sun was setting, and the light from the skylight no longer reached the ground.
The side tent seemed to transform into a cave where ancient humans once dwelled—narrow, dim, isolated from the world—instinctively evoking a sense of security.
Winters lay in the small felt tent, gazing at the changing clouds through the skylight, pondering silently.
As a frequent visitor to the injured, Winters didn't need a doctor and could estimate the recovery time for his eye injury:
Pain, about a week to alleviate;
Bruising, about two weeks to fade;
Self-esteem... was almost fully restored.
