Chapter 318: Suggestions
Elmo wasn't sure what to expect with the news that Sonya's foot might not be fully healed for three weeks. Everyone seemed to have a different reaction.
Stanley made it clear that he didn't want to wait that long. Owen merely tended making lunch as if nothing was going on. Elwin said that they should just head back to the bear and fight it anyway. Frank was accusing Sonya of trying to delay their fight so the bear could get away. Patricia offered to help keep 'ice' on Sonya's foot. Patrick suggested they just cut Sonya's foot off and regrow it, clearly ignoring the point that it affected Sonya's entire body and not just her foot. Bart suggested they observe the bear and see if they could notice any peculiar behaviors. Thomas seemed more worried about them sticking around for much longer. Kim seemed to like she was getting a headache. While Jonas merely looked at Sonya, her foot, then back to the fire as if there wasn't anything creating a problem about the whole matter.
Elmo wasn't sure what he was supposed to do or react, so he was hesitant to say or do anything, as the others could very easily push him into one of their reactions and Elmo would rather leave the matter be. If Sonya wanted to fly them over to be in front of the bear so they could try Kim's idea in the morning, then he was fine with that, but otherwise he'd rather not worry about how long it might take for Sonya to be able to start healing regularly again.
Though, what bothered Elmo the most was the fact that Harold had apparently been sent out to look for firewood or something, but with how long it had been, Elmo was wondering if maybe something had happened to him. After all, he'd been gone since before they'd gotten back from their morning 'walk' and now they were almost done making dinner.
"Shouldn't we go check on Harold?" Elmo asked Stanley as 'discussions' were halted for a short period of time so everyone could enjoy something to eat.
"Why? He's able to take care of himself," Stanley replied casually.
"The kid's got a point," Jonas remarked. "Something could have happened to him. We don't really know what the dangers of a landslide are here. Not to mention other dangers like actual dragons in the area."
"If he needed help, he'd have called out for it," Frank said. "Trust me, you wouldn't be able ignore that if it happened."
"Then what's taking him so long?" Patricia asked. "If he's gone much longer, we'll have to have another person go out for firewood."