Even just the thought of her brought him comfort, so he called to her again with dry lips:
“Melina…”
He felt cool fingers running through his hair again, and it was as if this time they were caressing his very brain, or perhaps more likely his mind. Something was not as he had imagined it would be. He still wasn’t quite sure if it was real or just a figment of his imagination. It had gotten cold overnight and he kept shivering, but he finally managed to fall asleep, but was completely numb in the morning. Tanks stopped paralyzed and self-propelled guns stopped paralyzed, so from Benghazi convoy after convoy went to the front line, and Robert and his comrades had to protect them. He tried to get up, but he couldn’t keep on his feet and collapsed back on the sand.
