Cane arrived home, he didn't know how much time passed, it was still dark outside, but that was not important.
The important thing was inside his rucksack, more specifically the three bread loafs. He planned to eat them now, because he didn't know when they would grew bad.
Thinking about the past were he one time he rationed his bread and then not being able to eat it, because it has gone bad.
Sitting down the boy opened his bag and pulled the three loafs of break and slowly began to eat them. He didn't want to drink water for now, so he needed to take his time eating his food.
As the young boy ate his food he began to feel that his entire body uncomfortably hurt, the pain didn't stop the boy from eating.
After the boy finished eating, he began to breathe heavily and then it happened the inside of the mouth began to hurt terribly.
Cane gripped his mouth with his hands rolling on the ground. Then he felt that something filled his mouth, he could also taste something metallic in his mouth.
A minute passed the pain subsiding, the boy turned on his stomach lifting his upper body and then opening his mouth. The boy saw teeth falling onto the ground, yellow teeth with black spot covered in blood.
He took his hands and grabbed in his mouth, feeling that he there was not a single tooth missing, unlike before where several of his teeth had been missing.
Feeling the iron like taste of blood, Cane grabbed a water bottle and used a portion of the water to flush his mouth.
He felt a little tired, either it was too late or regenerating uses up some of his energy for the day.
He took off his shoes and short sleeved cloak folded it up. rested his head on it, beginning to sleep.
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Cane woke up, the sun was shining, his bag was still full of energy bars and the water bottles and he was not hurt.
He didn't plan anything for today, he already achieved what he wanted, gathering food.
He didn't have to worry about Dorian's lackeys coming after him, because he should be out cold or even dead who would have thought that he received an ability to heal himself.
He stood up and put his cloak on and he ate one energy bar. He decided to take a stroll going the opposite direction that he went yesterday, to avoid Dorian's lackeys.
Before he left he also picked his trusted stick up, even if his legs were fine now he felt more comfortable taking it with him.
Looking at his stick he saw that the tip was covered in ash, but he decided to leave it on.
Cane didn't know how much time pasted but the boy, for the first time enjoyed the sun hitting his skin.
After some time he saw several people in uniform. He assumed that they were awakened from the association, because the uniform was identical to the one the awakened wore.
Getting closer, one angry awakened stopped the boy without elaborating.
Cane asked the man why, but before the man could answer a woman appeared, explaining that their devices say that the crack appeared somewhere in this area and that it is dangerous staying here.
The boy decided to turn back home, walking at a medium pace, he thought about his next plan. After a thinking about his next moves and enjoying this blissful walk he came to a conclusion.
He will wait until he gets his hands on some of the supplies the government dropped once a week. After securing his rations he will make his way to the city.
The city was far away and what he heard from the streets, over the span of his life, was that the city is protected by a wall. The only way someone from the outer district to enter the city is either they turn useful like awakening or if they get kidnapped.
The former option sound a lot nicer, but those who awakened never got back. This could mean they never wanted to come back or that they can't come back.
For his peace of mind, Cane hoped that the awakened from the outer districts didn't want to come back, why would they come back to this hell hole with no protection.
One problem was that Cane didn't know how far away the city was, he just new that he was was living at the almost the outer most part of the outer district, he could imagine it taking some time reaching the city.
Arriving on his street he couldn't think any further about his next plan. Just as he was entering his house he heard voices inside his house.
Cane could only make somethings out like 'little shit' or 'stole from us', hearing those words he decided to walk away. Before he could exit the street he heard something loud from behind.
"There he is, catch him boys"
A man shouted from the direction of his house, looking behind the escaping boy saw one man in front of his house and another two coming out.
The man outside was holding his rucksack in his hands. Turning his head to the front Cane began to run, or at least that what he called running, in the end running or even walking without aid was new for him.
Cane exited the street and just ran, the men followed suit, beginning to run. He heard the man yell something
"We need to catch or else Boss will be very angry!"
Cane ran past many people, needing to dodge some of them so that he wouldn't fall onto the dirty street and be captured.
Meanwhile the men exited the side street, as soon as the first guy entered the street Cane was one, the boy was suddenly pulled from the side.
The boy couldn't see anything and as he tried to open his mouth, he felt something holding it shut.