Endgame
“Jani opened one eye, then closed it as the room light battered her. Heard movement off to the side. “Hmm…”
“Jani.” A deep voice. A voice of bedsides and cloudy nights. “Don’t try to move.”
“No—” She paused to summon saliva and lick her lips. “—prollem.” She raised a hand that weighed at least a hundred kilos and rested it atop her chest. “…Heavy.”
“Yes.” John lifted her hand and placed it back atop the bed, squeezing it before releasing it. “Cèel stabbed you in the abdomen. The blade curved up—...he nicked your left lung, and your heart.” A pause. Sounds of shaky breathing. “You’re healing now.”
“I got him…too…” Jani nodded. Tried to nod. “What…happen…?”
“Not now. Get some sleep.”
Sounds of a chair being dragged across the floor. The creak of old ergoworks.
Jani pried one eye open, then the other, saw a shape backlit by the glare of a bedside lamp.
“Let me adjust this—” Niall ramped down the brightness, then leaned close.MoreLess
“Jani.” A deep voice. A voice of bedsides and cloudy nights. “Don’t try to move.”
“No—” She paused to summon saliva and lick her lips. “—prollem.” She raised a hand that weighed at least a hundred kilos and rested it atop her chest. “…Heavy.”
“Yes.” John lifted her hand and placed it back atop the bed, squeezing it before releasing it. “Cèel stabbed you in the abdomen. The blade curved up—...he nicked your left lung, and your heart.” A pause. Sounds of shaky breathing. “You’re healing now.”
“I got him…too…” Jani nodded. Tried to nod. “What…happen…?”
“Not now. Get some sleep.”
Sounds of a chair being dragged across the floor. The creak of old ergoworks.
Jani pried one eye open, then the other, saw a shape backlit by the glare of a bedside lamp.
“Let me adjust this—” Niall ramped down the brightness, then leaned close.MoreLess
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