What made Fares stunned the most was the old man lying on the table, or the mummified body in this case. However, it was not the first time
He was not sure if the person was alive or dead, so he closed the door behind him and moved forwards towards the table.
The closer he got, the more the body seemed dead rather than alive. It was almost skeletonized at this point in time. The skin was too thin and dark-brown, unlike Healer Raya, his eyes sunken, his mouth dry with cracked lips. His ribs were showing, and his abdomen was barely a few inches thick, his muscles wasted, and his hair was frail.
Fares saw a few dead bodies in his biology classes before, so he was not affected by the sight. However, what scared him a little was that the body's chest kept rising and falling ever so slowly.
'He has been like this for quite a while now. It is quite interesting how he was kept alive all of this time despite the lack of modern machines and knowledge.' Fares thought.