He stored dry clothing, blankets, simple cooking utensils, rope, and containers for collecting water.
Layan was astonished when she first saw it.
“This is inside the mountain?”
Imran smiled faintly.
“People were using these places before either of us was born.”
The chamber was not comfortable in the ordinary sense.
There was no electricity, proper bed, or modern sanitation.
The damp air could become unpleasant, and the temperature fluctuated.
But compared with the place where she had fallen, it was safer and more manageable.
Imran cleaned the floor regularly and maintained a separate area for waste.
He brought fresh clothing and supplies through a secondary opening on the far side of the mountain.
He washed what he could and dried items in ventilated passages.
He also gathered food outside, supplementing stored provisions with supplies obtained during his trips.
That hidden access route would later explain how Layan had survived for so long without the extreme physical deterioration rescuers initially expected.
