Daughter of Ancients
Daughter of Ancients
“He was worried about the lack of water and good forage leaving the beasts too weak for the journey ahead of us.
I leaned back against the already warm rock and tried to convince myself to get up and help him. We had to get back to Avonar as soon as possible, but I couldn’t even keep my eyelids up.
“I need to look at your foot.” Sefaro’s daughter dropped onto the sand at my feet and began untying the strip of linen that bound my left foot.
Paulo had told me how the woman had come to be involved ...in my rescue, and I didn’t know what to think about it or how to behave. It felt damnably awkward to have one of my victims cooking for me and tending my injuries.
“Just leave that,” I said, as she unwrapped the damp, discolored bandage. She had to tug and peel it away from the crusted blood and fluid. Though the surrounding skin was sounder and not so dark as the previous day, the wound started seeping again and hurt like the devil, which probably made my comments sharper than I intended.MoreLess
I leaned back against the already warm rock and tried to convince myself to get up and help him. We had to get back to Avonar as soon as possible, but I couldn’t even keep my eyelids up.
“I need to look at your foot.” Sefaro’s daughter dropped onto the sand at my feet and began untying the strip of linen that bound my left foot.
Paulo had told me how the woman had come to be involved ...in my rescue, and I didn’t know what to think about it or how to behave. It felt damnably awkward to have one of my victims cooking for me and tending my injuries.
“Just leave that,” I said, as she unwrapped the damp, discolored bandage. She had to tug and peel it away from the crusted blood and fluid. Though the surrounding skin was sounder and not so dark as the previous day, the wound started seeping again and hurt like the devil, which probably made my comments sharper than I intended.MoreLess
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