'Poison! Someone is poisoning my father and me!'
Mero realized the problem after days of feeling ill, having gradually gotten worse along with his father over the past few days.
However, his old man's situation was worse than his at the moment, something that had been making the atmosphere on their ship somewhat heavy.
Many servants were talking in the ship's corners about what was happening and the possible end of Mero and his father.
Nobody suspected that what was happening was enemy related since it had been weeks since they had left the capital, and only trusted people were on that ship.
So everyone, including Mero and his father, had been thinking they were sick and that their only hope was to get to Cusca alive, where maybe Tenur could do something for them.
But after two days of being unable to sleep, feeling pain, and sweating profusely, Mero realized this possibility. He considered the existence of an enemy on the inside!