Love Unspoken

Quinn was totally speechless after hearing what Alexander had to say.

She gave him another once-over. Dude was seriously messed up, with cuts and bruises all over his bare chest, but he was acting like it was no big deal.

Made it tough for Quinn to figure out if he was really in bad shape or just playing it cool.

"So, what now?" she asked.

Alexander let out a sigh and plopped down on the ground. "Wait to die," he said, like it was nothing.

Quinn rolled her eyes, glanced at the nearby ditch, and wondered if it was safe to drink some water since they couldn't clean the wounds.

But then she saw a snake swimming in the water and noped out of that idea real quick. After a moment of hesitation, she walked over and sat down next to Alexander.

Just as she sat down, Alexander suddenly handed her a water bag.

Quinn blinked, took it, and felt its weight. There was still half the water left inside.

bag and reaching out to untie the cloth strips on his body.

is it a waste to use it to

amusement in his eyes, she regretted it. She pulled her

isn't enough. If we can't clean all the wounds, wouldn't it

up the water bag, opened it, and handed it to her again. "Drink first. I'll think of

at him, seeing the calmness on his face, unsure if it was genuine or not. She still asked, "What way

his chin. "Boil

we don't have

banana leaves,"

banana trees were

"Won't the banana

to the left behind Quinn and said, "See, there's one

the

moment. Although it seemed unreliable, there didn't seem to be any other options. She took

wasn't far, only about 150 feet