One of my own:

By the time I was done collecting all of the leaves that I needed it was already breakfast time, For the first time ever though, I actually skipped the food, I was too focused on my current predicament. Thankfully the blanket and pillow were relatively easy to make, the only real problem was to get leaves that were the right size.

Thankfully, Omar was free enough to give me a hand. He didn't understand why I needed so many leaves but he got them rather quickly, I knew that I couldn't make it up to him, so I made a mental note to remind myself to give him the first bedroom as a form of thanks for the help.

As I was weaving the 'blanket', I began to think about my current workload, and it was only then that I realized how desperately I needed help, I still had to build the fence around the farm, create furniture, keep the farm itself safe from infestation, help with the construction of the house, do my military training, create tools, and even come up with 'new' technology while I was at it.

Once this whole disease fiasco was over I would probably take somebody on as a sort of disciple or something to help me with my giant workload, So far the only candidates I had in mind were Omar and Gabriel, not because of the fact that they were smarter than the rest, but because they were curious enough to eat with me despite their pain, meaning that they had the best drive and curiosity of the group, which would, in turn, help them to learn what I wanted to teach them.

'Well speak of the devil' I thought as I saw Omar looking intently at my hands.

Knowing that it would only be a good thing if he learned how to weave leaves, I decided to teach him. The type of weaving that I was using right now was rather loose as it only needed to cover somebody without falling apart. Regardless, when I passed the leaf onto his hand and showed him how to begin, he followed suit, he did seem to know what movements to do, it's just that his hands were not used to making said movements.

As time passed I helped him get the hang of things and guided him on how to weave a small rectangle. For one, as a flat shape, it would be perfect for him to practice, plus I could just fold the rectangle in half and tie the folded sides together with vines, ring folder style. By the time Omar was done with his rectangle, I was only halfway done with the 'blanket', so I made him start another rectangle to help improve his skill.

He didn't get too far though, as before I knew it the afternoon had already crept upon us, I was rather hungry by now, but I really wanted to finish the blanket first so I just stayed back. Omar who was already on his way to the fireplace looked back at me and signaled me to come with him, I rejected though, and signaled him to just go ahead, he seemed hesitant but eventually complied.

I had officially hit the 3/4th mark of the blanket. When I smelled food I turned around to see that Omar had come back with some food in his hand, I was happy that he decided to come back and eat his lunch here, before I could get back to weaving though, I saw him extend his hand offering me one of the Suri sticks.

I shook my head and pushed it back to him, he did the same thing back at me though. Eventually, despite my initial disagreement, my hunger overpowered my willpower and I accepted the Suri. I was truly happy at that moment, I had begun to forget why I was forcing myself to do all of this, now that I remembered the pain lessened slightly.

Thankfully despite the time crunch, I was able to finish the 'blanket' just before everyone went to bed. I had finally gotten everything set up inside the first bedroom when I saw Omar walking over to his sleeping hole through the doorway. He looked really sleepy too, so I ran over to him before he entered his hole.

Omar was confused to see me still awake, as I was usually the first person to go to sleep every day. When I signaled him to follow me he reluctantly did it, slowly dragging himself wherever I went, the trip was thankfully short, as the house was being constructed right next to the sleeping holes.

When he saw the build bed, he was confused but seemed to be expectant as to what I was going to do next. I simply signaled at the 'mattress' and urged him to get on it. I don't know if it was because of the fact that he was sleepy or not, but he complied quite easily and got into a sleeping position after I did a sleeping gesture.

He already seemed quite comfortable with just the plant bed, before he dozed off though, I put his head on the pillow and tucked him in. I was aware that I would have to stay guard, as one of the reasons people actually slept inside of the holes outside was because they were surrounded by their own people while having personal space.

As I sat on one of the chairs I had taken from the dining room and looked at him I felt a sense of fulfillment, I had started to see him as one of my own after the Suri incident, so I didn't want him to come into harm's way anytime soon. Probably explaining why I was so happy to see him safe and enjoying one of the very few good things in life

My happiness was also followed by a slight pain in my chest, as I knew that no matter how much I wanted to avoid it, the truth was that, unlike most people I was cursed to see all those I truly cared for die before my very eyes. Even at this very moment, I don't know if I will manage to not lose my mind when the moment comes, but for now, I'll just try to make their time here the best it possibly can be.