"I really don't know what's happening here," Omar replied in a gloomy tone. "I feel like I'm going to lose my sanity if any more incomprehensible nonsense keeps happening."

They approached the building, and in front of them was an old wooden door. One of the strange creatures opened it and uttered some words in their strange language. The rest of his companions held Omar and Eyad tightly and led them inside, where they found that it was indeed a prison. The cell bars were made of stone, and there were only five cells. They threw Omar and Eyad into separate cells.

Eyad protested and threw a volley of insults at them, but they did not understand what he was saying, so they didn't care. Some of them left the prison after leaving two of them as guards at the door and one to watch Omar and Eyad from the inside, fearfully. Discomfort was evident on his face as he sat on an antique wooden chair, staring at them with apprehension and anticipation.

Omar sat with his body against the wall and was lost in a long contemplation, while Eyad sat, as usual, grumbling with protests that were of no use. Then he fell silent and became completely lost in his thoughts. After half an hour, he broke the silence. "Omar, have you thought of a way to get out of here?"

"I've thought about it, but escaping is not that easy. Let's assume we escape, where would we go? We don't know where we are! You saw that passage, didn't you? We went down, but the strange thing is that the sky is above us and the sun is shining. I really don't understand. If we escape and get caught, we might be killed. But what's worse is falling into the hands of creatures more ferocious than these."

Eyad replied as he contemplated the strange creature sitting in front of him, in fear, unable to turn his gaze away, "Do you think they are humans like us, but their skin color has changed due to the changes that have occurred on the planet? They must be survivors of the catastrophe. But how do they use these strange abilities, like controlling wood and plants?"

Suddenly, the door swung open, and some other creatures entered the prison. The jailer stood up, greeted them, and pointed his hand at Omar and Eyad, who were stunned by what was happening. Among the crowd of five people, there was what seemed to be a girl. She wore a golden scarf decorated with flower patterns on her head and a white cloak with golden decorations in the shape of flowers and trees. Her features were beautiful, despite being non-human. Her features were much closer to humans, with a difference in skin color, and her eyes were green. She was as beautiful as nature itself. Standing next to her was the wise old man with his soft white hair and serious features, and with them was another person who looked to be a young man in his prime from his features. His hair was black and short, and his looks showed a great hatred for Eyad and Omar. They did not know the reason for these hateful, resentful looks and assumed that he hated them because they were strangers wearing strangely shaped suits. It might be fear and not hatred, but his features did not say so.

The old man spoke some strange words to the jailer, then turned his gaze to Omar and stared at him with a calm, strange look. Then he turned his gaze to the girl and began to talk to her as he pointed to them. Astonishment and fear were evident on her features at the same time, and her jaw dropped in surprise.

She muttered some words that showed her astonishment to the old man, then she approached Omar's cell and began to look at him with surprise, as if she were in a zoo for the first time in her life.

Omar turned his face away and tried not to care about them, but he was following everything with his ear and recording everything he saw with the helmet so that he could show it to the leaders if he was able to return. After a few moments, the girl began to speak to Omar, in broken words that seemed as if she were trying to communicate with him. She said, pointing to herself, "Iswa, Minora."

And she repeated the word again, then pointed her finger at him, as if she were asking for his name. Omar understood what she wanted. He told himself that this was a chance to communicate with them, perhaps he could get some useful information that would explain their reality and where they came from.

He said slowly and calmly as he pointed his hand to himself, "Omar. I am Omar. Omar."

The girl replied with a smile she could not hide, which made her look like the full moon. A smile of victory and a sense of accomplishment because she had been able to communicate with him. "Omar. Omar," she said.

Omar replied, pointing his finger at her, "Minora. Minora."

Omar felt like a foolish little child learning the alphabet, but he saw the girl smiling with great happiness, a smile as beautiful as her face. She looked at the creatures with her and said some words to them with great enthusiasm. Eyad interrupted their conversation. "Maybe you didn't notice my presence, as if I were a transparent ghost, but I am Eyad. I am sitting in the cell next to him, as you can see. Can you get me out of here, please?"

The girl turned to speak to him and pointed to herself. Before she could speak, Eyad said grimly and wearily, "Minora. Minora. I know, I know."

And he pointed to himself, saying, his boredom having taken over, "Eyad. Eyad."

She repeated, surprised, "Eyad. Eyad."

Eyad clapped for her sarcastically. Omar said to him in a warning tone, "Stop this joking. We want to know some information about them, and it seems they are intelligent creatures who can communicate with us. That is why we must take advantage of this to get something that might enable us to escape from here if they are peaceful."

Eyad fell silent, but he was feeling very distressed by what was happening around him.

And so Minora, the old man, and the rest of the soldiers left, and the jailer remained, watching them from the inside, with the two guards outside. Night fell on them, and they felt hunger tearing at their intestines. Eyad approached the jailer and grabbed the bars of the cell, pointing to his mouth with gestures that explained his hunger. The jailer retreated, warning him with strange words. Eyad insisted and pointed to him that he was hungry, but he did not understand. Eyad pressed a button on his neck, and the helmet opened and retracted into the suit. Eyad's face appeared, with his short black hair, his thick beard and mustache, and his sarcastic features. The jailer was terrified by what he saw. He screamed loudly and ran outside.

"You idiot, what have you done?!" Omar berated him.

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