Briar sat in the corner of the hedge, where the fire was quite far from him and leaned against the hedge, coughing. How could I forget about this? He thought, looking at the fire in a bit of a distance from him as water started being thrown to it. Micah told us that this would happen. Was I that out of it or something? A few hours ago, Briar entered the room with the soup he made to give to Micah, who had a dead expression on his face. Eating the soup cheered him up but he still had a sad look on his face. "What's wrong?" Briar had asked, "You are usually really smiley and jumping around by now." "I don't think I should tell you but ... I am worried about the people, so I don't know," Micah said, conflicted. "Just tell me." Briar jumped on the bed beside h

