Days, which consisted out of a constant cycle of eating, exercising, and sleeping, passed by slowly for the pitiful Mark. Within the many days, Mark had to eat roasted wild meat without seasoning, he had to train for almost an entire day, and had to sleep together with Artemis. Sleeping is supposed to be the best part of his routine, since its basically the time where he can finally rest, and where he finds himself lying right beside a beauty. Unfortunately however, it wasn the best part for him, because he couldn really rest well with the thought of having to keep every part of his body away from Artemis so he can remain alive.
As a result of all the cruel days that Mark has to go through, Mark had a sleeping disorder, an exhausted body, and a bitter tongue. In conclusion, he was completely wasted, mind and spirit. Thats why, in the end, which is on the sixteenth day of his continuous routine, Mark passed out under the heat of the sun.
No matter how used he was to working out already, Artemiss regime was simply too cruel for a normal human being like him…
Meanwhile, throughout those sixteen days, Alissa had been watching Mark, since she wasn able to do anything other than that. With him being on a strict routine every day, and away from everyone other than Artemis, it was basically impossible for her to continue with her plans. Thats why she could only watch whatever he and Artemis were doing. Watch in agony, because her plans were going further and further from its general idea.
As time passed however, her feeling of agony vanished, because there was someone who was undergoing a form of agony as well. That someone is Mark, who Alissa had quite the sympathy for, after seeing the struggles that he has to go through every day. She no longer felt as pained as before due to her sympathy, and although there is a difference between her and his type of pain, she still showed a greater concern for his struggles. The reason for her concern, is mainly because Evans soul being inside of Marks body. Marks state could affect Evans last memories, she figured. Because, if by any chance Marks mind were to get affected due to his unhealthy state, Evans memories would actually be the first to disappear. If that happens, Alissas plan would be completely destroyed, and there would not even be a shimmer of hope left for her, because Evan would be completely gone at that point…