Memory Reality

The silence that he took really showed how Joe had put himself in his deep thought. Ahli had triggered something, and he himself was not sure if it would be something good or something bad.

But, to his defense, Ahli knew that when Ulau's name was dropped, the conversation would lead toward the story anyway. So, he knew he had to reap of something.

Yet, Ahli thought that it would be awkward sitting in front of Joe's the whole night, watching him being silent, deep in his thought. Therefore, he decided to ask him a question.

"Joe…"

"...You know…" All of a sudden, Joe spoke, cutting Ahli from his intended talk. "...the moment I found her that day…on that very spot…she was bleeding hard…"

Ahli could not bring himself to intervene and ask anything regarding that, and so he let Joe speak, telling the story as he seemed to want to someone to hear it from the way he look.

"...Her breath was weak…I knew…that I have been very, very late…"