Sekali, "The Sister City"
Chapter 11
That evening, in silence, Sekali lay upon his bed in mental anguish and pain. He did not arise the next morning, or the next. His will to carry on had been extinguished. He did not see his, nor Mahkaia’s, parents come and tend him with all the tenderness of loving parents; he did not care.
Over the next few days, they fed him. He did eat, but not much. He did drink, but little. The days turned into weeks before he was allowed back upon The Watch at his own request. Each watch went by, one after the other, as if it were in a dream – a nightmare that never seemed to end.