Chapter 102: Chief (2)
A whole week had passed since Milka’s miraculous survival. Milka’s rescue sparked hope among the others that the other two missing people might be okay, too, so the tribe extended the search even further.
But despite the tribe’s best efforts, they never found a trace of them, as if the forest had devoured them. Finally, they had to drop the search and move on.
The families of the missing individuals clung to the hope that Milka might remember something about his friends. Still, given his health condition, there was no telling when and if he would ever remember about them.
Moreover, Milka’s father made it clear that his son’s recovery was most important to him. He urged the tribe not to burden Milka with questions about things he couldn’t remember, as the healers believed it could jeopardise his recovery.
Consequently, everyone maintained a distance from Milka, allowing him the space he needed to heal. But after a week, even the Advisor’s hands were forced when the tribal Chief instructed him to train Milka so that whatever happened to him would never happen to anyone else.
When the Advisor hesitated, the Chief demanded an audience with Milka alone in one of the enclosures. With that, there was nothing more the Advisor could do to protect his son. He informed Milka about the conversation, expecting him to get mad.
But to the Advisor’s surprise, Milka seemed eager to meet the Chief. It was unlike how Milka would usually behave, but the Advisor chalked it up to his memory loss and was happy that his son was finally showing signs of maturity.
"Remember... do not look the Chief in his eyes," the Advisor warned his son. "Quickly avert his gaze even if you do, and do not comment on-"
Milka stopped his father using broken hand signals before pointing at this tongue and shaking his head.