—Coller—
He woke up with a start, eyes wide at alert, casting glances at every corner of the nook he'd found. His ears eventually picked out a voice it was speaking a foreign language, at least foreign to his ears.
"Ori mi ti pa sha! Gbogbo irun mi da, ah, tori olorun! Mo ti ba ara mi ni ibi bayii…irun tun wa jona! Oh God!"
A series of what sounded like curses rang out from the foreigner's mouth, and he only seemed to understand the crooked English phrase he said at the end.
(My hair is bald! Where's my hair, ah for god's sake! I suddenly found myself here…and then now my hair has all burnt off! Oh God!)
"Talo wa nibe?! Jade sibi fun mi!" The foreigner suddenly yelled out aggressively he, Coller, flinched, adopting an alert posture, ready to strike.
(Who is there?! Come out for me now!)
He finally saw the foreigner who had being raining curses and threats, he was a young boy, a little older than himself but albeit young, dark skinned and brown eyes that carries fire. He immediately thought of how he wasn't going to hold on to his life if they turned out to be enemies. He didn't plan on letting down his guard.
"Ahn ahn! Awon ika yii sha, ewo omo kekere to won ni ko ma pa yan sha, omo!" The foreigner said again, his expression changing from one of wariness to anger and disgust that was not directed at him.
(Ahn ahn! These wicked people! Look at the little one they're tasking to kill people, a child!)
"Who are you?" He managed to rasp out with his extremely hoarse voice, still sizing up this older boy, wondering what the meaning of all he had been saying was.
"Who am I? Emi naa ba ara mi ni bi yii ni o. Awon oloriburuku ti won ji mi gbe lo gbe mi wa si ibi yii o. Kidnappers carry you too?" He asked.
(Who am I? I also found myself here. These unfortunate set of people that kidnapped me brought me here. Where you kidnapped too?)
Coller managed to decipher the question he asked him in English, barely understanding him before replying, "Yes, I was kidnapped too."
Both of them fell into silence, one an autistic boy and the other a 12 year old boy who had been exposed to the worst life had to offer in the slums of Isale-Eko.