Back in my tent I tried to sleep although I knew I wouldn´t.

I put my back onto the hard ground, it hurt a lot. I was not used to sleep like that. I wanted my soft and warm bed in my comfortable room near my little brother--

I couldn´t help it, I began to cry softly, how I missed him, he was just so young, just a baby. How could anybody kill a baby?

I hated them, I would take revenge if I could.

But I couldn´t.

I looked at the top of the tent, tears running down my face. I hated me, I should have protected him but--I was afraid.

It seems I said that loudly because somebody answered me.

" You couldn´t have do anything to protect him, and you know it. Don´t blame yourself"

I got up quickly just to see Odysseus in my tent, knelt and carrying a plate with lunch between his hands. He was the one who had spoken.

I was surprised and my face showed it.

"Don´t be afraid, I just thought you hadn´t eat, were I wrong?" he asked.

"I´m not hungry" I said sharply.

I blamed myself for being so rude but I couldn´t help it. I wouldn´t get anything by acting like that with the only one who wanted to help me but I were embarrasing too as he had seen my cry.

Luckily he was more polite than me.

" Well, anyway I will leave this plate here, just in case somebody get hungry, there are lots of rats outhere" he said.

I smiled and cleaned my tears, I looked at him but he didn´t seem to be offended for what I had said before, that "you are rats" thing, and I saw he was joking. I thanked it and had to excuse myself.

"I´m sorry, I didn´t mean to be so rude, thank you" I said as I took the plate and left it on the ground near me.

He looked at me and smile too. "Don´t worry, I would act just like that if I were you. You must think we are killers and horrible ones"

"Or rats"

He laughed. "Yeah, some kind of ugly and dangerous rats"

He made me laugh too, it was the first time I laughed in weeks, I thought I had forgotten how to do it.

"You have a lovely laugh, I´m pleased to see you haven´t lose it" he said with a smile as reading my thoughts.

I looked away and stop laughing "Thanks".

There was a moment no one say a word, then he moved.

"Well, I think I should go. Have a nice dinner". Odysseus said as he began going out of the tent.

"Wait" I whispered. He stopped. "I wanted to thank you"

"You already had" he remembered me.

"Why are you so kind with me?"

"I´m not so kind, it´s just that the others are too rude." he laughed. Then he put his blue eyes on me "Nobody deserves to be treated like an animal, no matter who he or her is, a prissoner or a free man. Some of us try to keep our honor although we are killers"

I nodded.

"Good night Arish, and don´t worry, nobody will disturb you this night I promise, try to sleep well"

" I will"

I saw him go out of my tent and smile again, I believed him and for the first time I felt safe.

I eat all the lunch, it wasn´t truth I wasn´t hungry, besides I found out it wasn´t horse meat but chicken.

Then I tried to sleep, and it surprised me I got it.