(I did a really bad job of writing it, but the fate of his mom was meant to be ambiguous in interpretation in that she either died, or is just gone.)

" Here." Korlash said, taking off his shirt and giving it to jin to wear. He looked around and noticed even though he had been accepted back in to the village, they still gave him strange looks. was it perhaps because of his tanned skin, that made him look so different from their light complexion? He shrugged it off. He responded to Jin's question. "I couldn't tell you. They seem to be wary of me as well, as if I carry the plague. come. come. let's get into the hut."