She was pressing her head, trying to ease the pain, when a tall figure blocked out the sunlight above her.,Everyone acted as if nothing out of the ordinary had happened.,He plopped down on the ground, chewing slowly on a hard, cold biscuit. He softened it with his saliva before swallowing, his attention focused on the low-voiced conversation of the officials. Though their chatter was fragmented, he could still piece together some information from it.。