"Do you think he would survive this?" Aunt Lin asked with pleading eyes.
"Do you want the truth?" Elder Ting asked as Aunt Lin nodded her head.
"We are not sure."
"But the best we are hoping at this point is to at least get him into coma; at least by then we will still have a hope of him recovering. But-"
"But what?"
"But he has an extremely slim chance of even slipping into coma."
"Whoever it was that attacked him obviously used some sort of explosive, because we found some flayed flesh, scorched skin, and there was a lot of internal bleeding."
"But we figure the next seven hours would determine his fate; by then, if he manages to stay alive, we will do everything in our blood and sweat to make sure we save him." Elder Ting revealed.
"Can I see him?" She asked as tears began to roll down her eyes again;