Eventually, I convinced him to rest, and I lifted up his shirt to inspect his back shoulder. Some skin was hanging loose, though the bleeding had stopped, which was a good sign. I gathered some leaves that had a bit of mud on them and pressed them over the wound.
I only did that to help keep the skin in place so that it could heal better. If the skin is left flapping like that, it’ll take much longer to recover.
“Where did you learn to do that?” Elias asked.
“Well, the leaves and mud are basically all we’ve got around here. I’m just hoping you don’t get an infection from it. But otherwise, I know we need to keep the skin held together—that’s something I picked up from some medical books I’ve read,” I said.
“You’ve read medical books?” he asked.
“I’ve read a lot of different books,” I
