Raindrops spattered from the trees onto Nude's face.
Startled and confused, Nude listened in the humid silence; he was alone and had no idea where he was.
Worst of all, he didn't know what had become of his Regiment.
The setting sun left Nude with the growing darkness of his fears.
He made camp and slept with dreams of a dawn rescue, unaware that his Unit had already left the island.
In wartime, one less solder is hardly noticeable.