The daytime temperature was much higher than at night, making the cellar feel even colder and damper by comparison.
He carefully climbed to ground level. The breeze blowing in from outside was warm, carrying the scent of sunshine and fresh grass.
His head still throbbed painfully, but thankfully, he had regained a good deal of strength after eating and drinking his fill.
He kept things simple, taking the banana leaf he had brought up from the bamboo basket and spreading it on the ground. He then lay down again in a spot untouched by the sun.
'A fever is just an overly high body temperature. If I can find a way to dissipate the accumulated heat, it should break quickly.'
'Growing up, the method I always learned for a fever was to pile on the blankets and sleep until I was sweating. I'd usually wake up feeling mostly better.'
