The other villages had doubts about his words.
"Oech, are you kidding me?"
"Even if the animals have eaten over half of the bear, what's left of it is still too heavy for the two of you to carry!"
"Even twenty villagers can't do that!"
"Oech, please tell us the truth. What happened? Does it have something to do with him?"
"We're all from the same village. Are you going to keep things from us?"
The villagers were full of questions, and they all wanted an answer.
Oech frowned and bit his lips. He had spent most of his life here and knew what the villagers were like. He didn't want to tell them the truth about Himmel Soan. If he did, they might chase Himmel Soan away. They might even exploit the teenager's strength and give him too much work to do.
Oech didn't like either possibility.