Unable to imagine the sort of things they had to go through, I started trembling in fear. Afraid of the things awaiting them, I urged, “Christopher, that’s enough!”
He caressed my cheeks and added in a gentle tone, “Just listen to me, okay?”
Staring at me in the eyes, he carried on, saying seriously, “Initially, we were against the idea. However, we didn’t have much of an option as we had finished everything available for consumption. At that point in time, we merely had our guns to defend ourselves from our aggressive foes.”
After pausing for a few seconds, he added, “In the evening, Sean returned with a chunk of meat after returning from a stroll. He told us he was lucky and found a rabbit in the woods. Immediately after he made something out of it, he asked us to finish our meal as soon as possible.”
There was no way Sean could have gotten his hands on a rabbit! It must have been a chunk of human flesh! I need to resist the urge to retch!
“I beat Sean up with all my might the next day. Instead of retaliating against me, he allowed me to beat him up to a pulp. When I collapsed to the ground, he started treating my wounds with his eyes brimming with tears. He told us he couldn’t bear to leave his mother alone. On top of that, he couldn’t bear to leave his comrades to death.”
Christopher had a small smile on his lips whenever he mentioned anything about up Sean. That told me a lot about how he felt; he obviously missed the mischievous friend of his a lot. “In the end, we were able to last until the day we were rescued because of the mysterious chunks of meats Sean brought us. Don’t you think he’s quite a smart man?”
“Mmm!” Instead of bringing up something else, I responded with a nod as I couldn’t bring myself to carry on with the conversation.
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