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Summary Of Mythra's Short Story: A Day At Home

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Mythra’s consciousness was fading as he dragged his feet through the endless sand dunes of the Uria Wasteland. His dehydration had caused his lips dry and shed like a kukian maggot on its growth spurt. His wavy hair--though cut short to prevent itching and discomfort was still drenched wet from his own sweat thus making his hair look like the seaweed from the Mane Shore. He tried to wipe the sweat off his face with his handless right arm only to be reminded by the fact that he had lost his right arm not a day ago, he then wiped the sweat on his face with his left hand. Under normal circumstances, I wouldn’t lose my arm only to some oversized gecko. Mythra thought to himself as he laughed at himself attempting to wipe his face with a handless arm not a moment ago, the toll of his journey did not only affect his body but his mind as well. As he passed through the …show more content…

He cut a bark of a nearby cacti tree with lading blade he pulled from a pocket in his belt and let the juice drip into a bowl he had prepared before.. The Hantoo Star is the sun, which the planet Kyna, the planet which Mythra step upon revolves around. It was twice in size compared to the sun in the earth’s solar system. The planet Kyna is the fifth planet in the Hantoo Star System and was the only habitable rock beside the giant moon of Planet Kyva the seventh planet in the system. Mythra felt his consciousness fading as he gazed upon the beautiful sunset at the horizon, the fatigue from the 7 hours long walk had taken its toll. Up until his fifth day of his journey, a seven hours long walk would be a piece of cake for him, but with his supply exhausted it was a different case. He got no energy to do anything. The face of Indura Sitrak, his Informant, passed faintly in his mind just before he fell

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