First Contact

"What does it mean?" June couldn't help but mumble in low volume.

The moment he said those words a few voices started to sound in his ears. June could guess that these voices came from near him.

Too surprised to further analyze this message, he opened his eyes to notice that there were a few people standing in front of him.

One of them was an elderly male of age around more than seventy five years, other two looked like a couple.

Male looked around the age of thirty five whereas female looked in between twenty eight to thirty three. The male was wearing animal fur cloth, whereas elderly and the female wore traditional folk clothing that looked like it was sewed from jute and other materials. It even had a bit of pattern on them.

The male had an imposing presence surrounding him. Looking at the brown animal hide that he was wearing with his arms exposed, he had a height of more than six feet five inches, brown beard and blackish brown hair and also had a muscular build.

Female was slim but healthy with a clean and decent looking face. She had a mature look on her face, which was fairer than wheat colored complexion of her male counterpart.

She wore a long skirt with beautiful red patterns on it, which June realized that he had seen before somewhere.

She was the young lady that he noticed before, who was present in the group of those women who came to the pond to fetch water at the time when June was taking a bath in it.

Remembering the situation before the dream, June quickly took a look at his body. He took a breath of relief when he noticed that he was wearing some kind of traditional folk clothing made from jute. It looked similar to the clothes that elderly was wearing, just more plane and a bit haggard.

Someone must have dressed him up when he was unconscious.

June noticed that he was inside a small wooden house that was actually a well made hut. It was a bit roughly made, but it looked stable none the less.

By the side of the wooden bed on which June was lying, he noticed the small leafy pouch which still had one red fruit left in it. June thought that they must have picked it up when they took him here.

Almost instantly June picked up that leafy pouch took the red juicy fruit out of it and started eating.

He was actually very famished from hunger, so the moment he saw his leafy pouch he did not hesitate to eat the red fruit in it. While he was busy eating, through the corner of his eyes he was noticing the reactions of his three spectators.

Just before he took a bite from the red fruit, the female had raised her arms and said something in a hurry. It looked like she wanted to stop June from eating that red fruit but it was too late for her.

The elderly and the middle aged man had a very surprised reaction on their faces, but they did not say anything.

In a few bites June finished the fruit and looked back at the trio who had surprise written all over their faces.

Before they could say anything, June sensed something moving near his left shoulder.

"I was wondering where you went, little fellow" June said to the little crawler by his side.

There was Tinum coiled by the side of his shoulder. Sensing that the June had woken up, it slowly went and curled on his shoulder again just like before.

Looking at this situation, the trio started to whisper furiously among themselves, then turned to look at June and kept staring at the Tinum, but he didn't even give them a second glance.

Then the elder whispered something to the couple, at first the male was unwilling to follow but the female convinced him and they both went outside the small hut, leaving elder and June alone.

Then the elder came closer to June and pointed a finger at himself and said "Hason Soma".

Looking at the expression on the face of the elder, June finally relaxed in his heart.

Although he had no idea about the situation that he was in, June had noticed a few things around him that has allowed him to calmly face the trio, especially that middle aged man with imposing aura. Although he was not showing any menacing attitude, but this was the first time June had seen a tall person wearing animal hide, looking like he means serious business.