<em>“Lijah…You okay in there?”</em><br/><br/>Charlie's voice, good.  "Yeah, Charlie, I'm just grabbing some supplies before looking for the others."<br/><br/>Elijah grabbed his makeshift first aid kit - half cloth, half vermin-skin - and headed back out to where Charlie was standing.  "You're looking a little stiff, buddy.  Here, take this."  Elijah handed Charlie a rolled up leaf which contained some powder.  "It ain't exactly aspirin, but it's the closest I can come.  Don't take too much, that stuff'll knock you loopy.  There's a fine line between feeling less pain and feeling loopy, then another fine line before your stomach will just vomit the whole mess back up."<br/><br/>"I heard voices down somewhere near the beach earlier, I bet it's the others.  I hope no one is injured.  Let's head that way and find them."<br/><br/>Elijah started down the well-trodden path towards the beach...