Cassim finally managed to be able to breathe again, though it was quite painful.
He could only hope nothing had been damaged internally.
Gathering his strength, he rolled over and got to his hands and knees.
He stayed like that, waiting for his strength to return.
Suddenly, he coughed.
To his horror, he coughed up blood!
His stomach, internally, had been damaged!
Cassim knew nothing internally in his back had been damaged because he was able to get to his hands and knees.
Gathering what strength he had at the moment, Cassim slowly got to his feet.
He leaned heavily against the tree beside him, unable to stand on his own yet.
Iago was a little relevied to see that Cassim was on his feet.
Cassim coughed again, coughing up more blood.
When Iago saw that he instantly feared for his friend's life.
With his internal injury and coughing up blood, Cassim's life was at risk!