Age of Shiva (The Pantheon Series)
“PREADOLESCENT WISH-FULFILMENT FANTASIES IN THE EVENT, Aanandi had to bring the amrita to us. That was how enfeebled we were. We couldn’t even totter along a few hundred yards to where the serum was stored. Pursuing the Trinity would have been completely out of the question.
She dosed us up, Kalkin first, and ah, sweet, sweet amrita. Renewer of vigour. Remover of exhaustion. Knitter of wounds. The deva’s salvation.
“You’re good at injections,” I told her. “I hardly felt it.”
“Practice. My da...d’s a diabetic. As a little girl I learned how to give him his insulin shots, in case his blood sugar level dropped so low he couldn’t manage it himself. He’s squeamish about needles, so he used to make me inject him anyway sometimes, if Mom wasn’t around. He still does when I go home. I refuse, but then he guilt trips me about being a bad daughter, so...”
“There were times when I wouldn’t have minded sticking a needle into my dad. Hard. In the eyeball. When he was being a bastard to my mum.MoreLess
She dosed us up, Kalkin first, and ah, sweet, sweet amrita. Renewer of vigour. Remover of exhaustion. Knitter of wounds. The deva’s salvation.
“You’re good at injections,” I told her. “I hardly felt it.”
“Practice. My da...d’s a diabetic. As a little girl I learned how to give him his insulin shots, in case his blood sugar level dropped so low he couldn’t manage it himself. He’s squeamish about needles, so he used to make me inject him anyway sometimes, if Mom wasn’t around. He still does when I go home. I refuse, but then he guilt trips me about being a bad daughter, so...”
“There were times when I wouldn’t have minded sticking a needle into my dad. Hard. In the eyeball. When he was being a bastard to my mum.MoreLess
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