"Sorry for keeping you waiting. Are you all right?"
Eli stared at him in silence.
The man's voice was pleasant, certainly, but his sudden appearance and inexplicable greeting left Eli wondering what exactly he was supposed to say. There were more pressing questions than the identity of this stranger or the reason he had decided to approach them. Dominic's entire leg was soaked in blood, while Eli himself looked as though he had rolled around in a pile of ashes, with blood and dust covering his face. Anyone with eyes could see that they were in terrible shape, yet this man had approached them with the cheerful greeting of someone meeting an old friend.
Eli had no particular interest in finding out who he was. He slowly shook his head, hoping to end the conversation and get Dominic to the school hospital as quickly as possible.
