Lothar awoke in the dark. His body was hurt and numb with cold. He tried to sit up but mobility was painful. He heard the roar of the storm but found that at least he was not wet. He looked at the front and saw the lightning shedding clarity on a rocky irregular contour; only then he realized that he was inside a cave whose depth he ignored, but for that moment put him under cover of the storm. He remembered vaguely having stumbled on a rock while descending the steep mountainside, but then his mind was darkened. He resigned himself to let time pass and wait until his body indicated that he could move. Lothar fell again unconscious for an undetermined period.
When he finally awoke a ray of sun coming through the opening in front of him was warming his legs. He slowly got up and sat on
