But she couldn't find anything to hold the water in.
Ellinor looked around, broke off a few large leaves from the bushes, and folded them into a makeshift cup.
Sure, the leaf cup leaked a bit, but as long as she moved fast, Theo could still drink the water.
Once she filled up the cup, she hurried back to the cave.
...
In the cave, Theo was still in the same position, eyes closed, not awake.
Ellinor brought the water up to him, knelt down, and gently patted his shoulder, "Theo, wakey wakey, have some water!"
Theo didn't wake up.
Ellinor patted him a bit harder, "Theo? Wake up!"
Still, Theo didn’t wake up.
Ellinor's brow furrowed as she realized something was off.
From her experience with him, she knew he was super vigilant with top-notch scouting skills. He wouldn't usually sleep this deeply, especially not in the wild!
There was just one possibility left, Theo had fainted!
But he was fine; why did he suddenly faint?
Could it be because the snake that bit her today was venomous?!
Theo had sucked out the poisoned blood for her, but he didn't rinse his mouth.
With this thought, Ellinor felt heartbroken. She quickly put the leaf cup aside, shook Theo by the shoulders, and called out, "Theo! Theo? Wake up! Theo..."
But no matter what she did, she couldn't wake Theo up.
Ellinor froze when she saw that Theo was suddenly awake. She swallowed the water in her mouth, quickly moved away from him and breathed a sigh of relief.
"Theo, since you're awake, get up and drink some water yourself!"
She handed him the water left in the leaf cup.
Drink water?
Looking at the water Ellinor handed him, Theo pondered for a moment, suddenly realizing what her actions were for.
Without saying a word, Theo closed his eyes again.
Seeing this, Ellinor felt puzzled, "Theo?"
What was going on? Did he pass out again?
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