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The pain threatened to send him back down but he lurched forward to the cave entrance where he could see the glimmer of sunlight. The pain won out and he collapsed back into the dirt with a grunt. His vision blurred for a moment as the pain raced through his body the wound that ripped down his side throbbed and poured tainted blood. He closed his eyes, he couldn't bear how close and yet how far the cave entrance seemed, the taunting hope.
Even if he could managed to get out of the cave and back down to the lake he needed more than water. He needed food, he needed to cleanse the wound, and he desperately needed herbs or someone who could help him handle the infection that seemed to be claiming his life.