Part 5 - Part 06

After thinking for a moment he took the vessel from me and put it on the table next to my bed. He then raised the head of the bed until I was lying in a sitting position. After that he brought the vessel back and tried to make me drink the liquid.

When I realized what he was trying to do I took the vessel from him and drank the liquid.

He spoke to me again but I didn’t understand what he was saying. This time I was able to reply. I guess the liquid did its job in soothing my throat. I was able to speak.

I said “ne te razbiram” (I don’t understand you) in Macedonian. It appears he didn’t understand me either.

I then said “I don’t understand you” in English. Again he gave me a blank stare.

We were going nowhere this way so I started looking around the room in hopes of finding my universal translator. I saw it sitting on top of my uniform on a chair in the corner of the room. I tried to get up but couldn’t. Both my legs were wrapped in bandages. The man pushed me back on the bed.

When he realized what I was looking at he went and got it. The universal translator was off but the moment I shook it, it came back on. It was set for Macedonian-Galaxy Trader.

I said, “I am Otsiron, who are you?”

He smiled and said, “I’m your doctor. I see your gadget speaks Galaxy Trader. Lucky for you, I too happen to speak Galaxy Trader…”

“Doc I have so many questions to ask I don’t know where to begin,” I said.

“Go on ask… I will do my best to answer them…” he replied.

“First I want to start with my friends, where are my friends and are they okay?”

“Like you, they are both alive but badly injured…”

“Will they be able to recover and function normally?”

“In time… Yes.”

“How long have we been here?”

“Forty seven days according to the Nelez calendar…”