Two men with tattered clothing are stranded on the desert next to a skull. One of the men is happy and is staring at his watch, while the other man is distraught.
It is strange for someone to be so happy when they're dying and suffering in the desert. The watch may be very precious is the man is giving it so much attention when his basic needs are at such a low.
What is so special about the watch?
Maybe this thing isn't a compass.
scene: the desert description: Two men with tattered clothing are stranded on the desert next to a skull. One of the men is happy and is staring at his watch, while the other man is distraught. uncanny: It is strange for someone to be so happy when they're dying and suffering in the desert. The watch may be very precious is the man is giving it so much attention when his basic needs are at such a low. entities: Watch, Mirage, Starvation. caption: Maybe this thing isn't a compass.
The two stranded people are lost in the desert: the suggestion is that they didn't realize that a watch (which has rotating hands, causing them to go in circles endlessly) wasn't a compass (which points consistently). Watches and compasses look similar physically, so it's humorous to think that someone could mistake the two.