Chapter 22: Grounds

Shiba looked away, and from that moment on I knew the answer to my question. I stared at the girl as she looked at the kids running and playing around. I saw how she smile whenever the kids laugh about something and continues to goof around. I felt a tug in my heart in the mere sight of her smile, figuring the real reason behind it.

“They said that there is no cure. We brought her to Gildo, the most amazing healer here, but even him cannot do anything. He told us that we do not have the thing that can help my sister to get better.”

And by that, I think what he means are the tools and advance technologies that could help her get better. That made me remember that their village is in the middle of nowhere, having little access to the outside world, to the people and places that can provide what they need for her sister.