The eyes reflected the dim light from the street lamps outside, appearing somewhat fierce.
"You're awake?"
Lu Ban looked at the owner of the eyes, Wes.
"Am I going to die?"
Wes suddenly asked.
"All mortals must die."
Lu Ban answered decisively.
"Well, thanks for that."
Wes sat up, incessantly scratching his arm until he couldn't help but lift the sleeve, discovering that blackness had spread across his entire hand and even to his neck as he pulled his collar aside.
"It's so itchy, like ants crawling over me. You understand, don't you? That itch, feels like it's coming from inside my bones."
Wes let out a bitter laugh, his fingernails scraping over his arms. It was visible that the skin beneath his nails was already torn, revealing the dark flesh beneath.
"Do you think if I dug out my bones, I would feel a bit better?"
His hand moved to his neck, the blackened skin there inviting his nails to scratch incessantly, like some sort of scratch card beckoning to be scraped.