SURVIVORS
Chapters 157. About Marianne
"Dean, do you want to check in there again this morning?" Ask Dr. Chandra after breakfast.
"Yes. Please help Michael stay here." Dean said.
""Isn't this place safe?" Ask Dr. Chandra confused.
"There's a creature that we don't know its kind but always keeps an eye on this place." Michael answered.
"really?"
Doctor Chandra looked on in disbelief. But Michael, Widuri and Nastiti nodded firmly.
"Our hut is in the forbidden forest. A strange forest where no animal can be hunted." Nastiti gave a little picture.
"We go first." Cut the Alan that was already floating up. Dean soon caught up with him.
"Give me an explanation." Doctor Chandra said impatiently.
Doesn't you want to check on Niken first? He hasn't woken up from last night either." Widuri.
"Ah, I almost forgot." Doctor Chandra went to check on Niken. Widuri followed him from behind.
"How's Niken doc?" Tanya Widuri was worried.
""Maybe he's just very exhausted. That's why you sleep longer. The condition's not too bad. There's no injury. Maybe just swallow more sea water." Answer doctor Chandra.
"Can he wake up by himself?" Ask Widuri. Doctor Chandra nodded. He'll stand up but be held back by Widuri.
"So, I want to talk a little bit about Marianne." Widuri whispered.
Doctor Chandra feels something is awkward about Widuri's attitude. Why whisper so?
"What's wrong?" Doctor Chandra whispered.
"Better not to talk about it here. Let me take you to see the Goddess eat. We're talking there." Widuri got up and stepped out.
"I want to check on Sunil for a moment." Doctor Chandra said.
"Oh, okay. Please dok." Widuri lets Chandra's doctor into the men's room to check on Sunil.
"What about Niken?" ask Nastiti.
"According to the doctor he was just sleeping because of fatigue. Wake up by yourself." Widuri Obviously.
"Oh, all right, let's wait for him to wake up when." Nastiti.
"Widuri, can you come here for a minute?" call doctor Chandra.
"Yes doc. What's up?" Widuri approaching.
"Can you tell me what happened to her?" Doctor Chandra looked seriously.
Widuri was silent for a moment...
"Tell me everything." Niken interrupted from the front door. Widuri looked over and then nodded.
Widuri sat on the edge of the wooden cot, next to Sunil's feet.
"The story begins with us crossing a light door in a cave under a snow-filled pine forest.." The Widuri's telling me everything they've been through to Dr. Chandra.
Doctor Chandra sat still, in disbelief. But they were all genuine traveling companions. It was not another world creature that resembled a familiar person, as he originally thought.
"Dok, why doc?"
Widuri shook her hand in front of Dr. Chandra's face.
"Well, okay, I don't really understand any of that. But physically, Sunil is actually healed. That's what I don't understand, why he doesn't respond to any stimuli. Without adequate medical equipment like in modern hospitals, we can't make conclusions." Doctor Chandra shook his head.
"This world is just weird. Dean, Alan and Sunil themselves were also already different from ordinary humans. So I think something we can't explain medically is happening to him." Doctor Chandra said
"Dok, if I see a movie about medicine, like someone electrocuting the patient's chest with a device. Is it possible that Sunil should also be treated the same? Ask Nastiti.
"Defibrillator. It was to recover patients who had heart attacks. But Sunil's heartbeat sounds good" says Dr. Chandra.
"How about the solution, Doc?" Widuri was desperate. Physicians and doctors alike have no solution for Sunil.
Doctor Chandra shakes.
"That's it. Because the physical has recovered, we better try to sun it in the morning sun. That's good for him. In addition to getting natural vitamin D, changing his body position can also prevent the arrival of other diseases..."
"That's great doc. Why don't we think that way?" Michael suddenly cut off the conversation.
"I will prepare a place to lie for him under the tree." Michael had already run to the courtyard to prepare the place. Michael used a wide board that Dean used as a sleeping pad last night. The board was placed on top of a few benches.
They then together carried Sunil's body out of the room and laid it on a wide board under a large tree. A great place to sunbathe the morning sun.
"You need a stretcher to make it easier to bring her back to the room later." Nastiti.
"You're right." Marianne was also horrified to see them pick up Sunil earlier.
Michael accompanied Sunil to the sun by sitting on the bench next to him. He invited Sunil to chat. Occasionally, he followed the fingers and toes of Sunil to smooth his blood circulation.
"You must wake up quickly O. Look at such a beautiful sun. Don't you miss playing water under the cliff?" Michael kept on chattering.
Doctor Chandra smiled seeing that. There was a sense of haru in his heart seeing Dean's team that was very compact even willing to pit their lives to take care of others, like this Sunil.
"Widuri, take me to see the Goddess's tomb." Doctor Chandra said.
"Yes doc. Let's." Let's." Widuri got up from sitting.
They're following the side of the fence. Widuri picked some wildflowers she encountered along the way. They finally arrived at the tomb of the Goddess on the edge of the cliff.
"Beautiful view" said Chandra's doctor in awe.
Widuri placed a handful of flower twigs on top of the tomb of the Goddess. He closed his eyes and prayed.
After a few moments of silence. Doctor Chandra opens his voice.
" You want to say something, don't you?" Call doctor Chandra.
"Ehemk. Yeah doc. I don't think Marianne's okay. I fear that the torment she endured when she was kidnapped and made into a slave will make her sick. But he is not one who complains. He will be silent even though he feels pain, for fear of distressing others."
"We didn't have a doctor before. If the pain is mild, we just drink eternal water, then all will be well again. But now there's you, so Marianne should be open to you. Yesterday before you came, Nastiti and I were thinking of asking the healer for help." Widuri said everything honestly.
"Hmm, it looks like that. But didn't you say that eternal water can cure any disease, other than death?" Ask doctor Chandra.
"Yahh, so far, that's what happened." Answer Widuri. Then he hesitated for a moment.
"What does Dr. Marianne mean..?" Widuri couldn't continue her sentence.
"It's not. You misunderstood. I'm just trying to pull the red thread on this. If after a long time, every day consume the water, but the physical remains decreased, I think there are other diseases that can not be restored only with that water. Or there is God's intervention that we can't avoid." Doctor Chandra explained his view.
"Or maybe he had a very deep trauma. And that undermines his health" Dr Chandra guessed.
"To assess it, it takes longer to observe." Chandra thought hard.
'Is it possible that Sunil also experienced a similar problem?' Widuri.
"Don't show such a reaction in front of Marianne, '" said Chandra.
"We must be reasonable, appreciate whatoun his decision. Aoakah wants to keep a tight load she keeps, or wants a story. If he wants to talk, then we'll be ready to listen. So don't show excessive worry that might actually make him hesitate to talk." Advice from Dr. Chandra.
Widuri nodded in understanding.
"Remove your tears. Let's go back and see the development of Niken and Sunil.
"Thank you for the advice, Doc." Widuri.
"Wellhahhh.toloooonggg.."
There was a scream from the direction of the cottage. Dr. Widuri and Dr. Chandra were shocked. The two immediately ran to return to the cottage.
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