The night was very cold. With the sinking darkness, I slowly moved past the banyan tree and looked at the moon. It was a full moon. Counting the days, I found out that it had been almost a month since we had left for the trek, and with no contact and past two weeks the actual time, we were stuck in this space.
Or rather they were, for I was with my strange man.
We had settled down in some forest area itself. The conductor kept guard while he slept, while he kept whilst my eyes slowly dozed off. Though I barely allowed myself to doze off when the conductor was awake.
"You should sleep"
I shrugged and laid next to the tree, on a patch of grass he had arranged for me.
"You seem to be scared of him"
"No"
"Oh ok, then you scared of me?"
"No"
"Then, generally scared of men?"
I shook my
