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from the heat of entry. He stretched out his foot to see how hot the ground was. The heat rushed up to his nose, and without meaning to, he pulled back instinctively. He could feel his pulse beating. It was loud and painful, but he braced himself and started again.

The craft was unlike anything Azrak had ever seen before. The ship wasn’t built with metal and rivets. It was made of wood, and it had sails. This was certainly no spacecraft. It was a nautical vessel. The question running through Azrak’s mind was what a ship of that purpose would be doing in the middle of the desert.

It looked like the ship had been through a terrible storm. The sails were ripped and tattered. The three masts were all entwine and cracked. The hull was damaged beyond repair. It was as if the entire ship had fallen from the sky.

“Over here, Father!” exclaimed Sobek.

Azrak followed his son to the starboard side of the ship to discover a humanoid alien life form. It had pink skin and also appeared to be male. It was wearing some sort of hat on its head, and the sun caught the glimmer of the golden medallion hung around its neck. The man’s face was bruised and battered, more black and blue than anything else. One arm was bent in a way that told Azrak it was broken in at least two places. The outlander was suffering trauma from the crash. The foreigner was on the verge of dehydration and he was also starving. Azrak looked him over and faced his oldest son.

“I need my bag, now!” he ordered.

Matthias ran to his father and handed him the bag. Azrak ran through the contents and pulled out a small medical kit. He opened the case to reveal bandages, anti-toxins, rations, and disinfectants. He unlocked the rations compartment, and retrieved several morsels of food.

He placed his fingers on the stranger’s neck to find a pulse. Azrak found a very faint trace of life in the strange visitor. Then the blue caregiver took a piece of food and placed it in the outlander’s mouth.

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