"You are a healer?" the man asked. "If you can help us, we would appreciate it, but I don't know what you can do to people suffering from heat stroke. They just need to stay in the shade and drink a lot of water, shouldn't they?"
"Is it working?" Alex asked. "Are the people back to their regular selves after doing only that?"
"I think so?" the man said. "Actually, now that you say it, it might be taking a lot longer than normal. But that's just because they keep working in the sun."
"Let me just look at them," Alex said. "If it's just heat stroke, what you said will do. But if it's not, you might need me to act up on it."
The man's face fell in worry. "If it's not a heat stroke, what could it be?" he asked.
Alex thought on how to explain the situation. "Do you guys have female warriors?" he asked.
"A few, of course," the man explained.
"But not many, are there?" he asked. "Why is that?"
"Women, they can't handle working outside of the village. Everyone knows that."
