“Were you really meditating?” Donous questions. He looks at Anas with his usual sad expression.
“No.” Admits Anas.

"Huh? What do you need? I was meditating." Anas lies, trying to keep a casual tone. He opens his eyes. Dounas sighs.
“Anas…” Dounas’ voice takes on a flavour of disappointment.
“What?” Anas replies, still pretending.

He pretends not to notice. Dounas speaks again, this time calling out his student's name. "Anas." Anas continues to ignore his teacher and instead focuses even more on keeping his breath steady.
"Anas!" Dounas calls out again. He again receives no response. "ANAS!"