17.Jun.22, 06:43 PM
The reply startled K'dar and he immediately went to Gail's side, his face a confused mix of relief and worry as he smiled. "Hey! Yeah... yeah Benden sucks, but that's okay. Soon you'll be out of here right? Out of here and then maybe you'll go to the hatching, head back to Ista... you'll be fine." He desperately hoped he was telling the truth. "And Zory will be fine too. The healer said Zory was stable, so that's a good thing. Just need you to catch back up. I know you were getting jealous of all the attention he was getting and had to go and get worse but it's okay."
He sighed, shaking his head as he grabbed a chair to sit next to Orgailian. "And you're not an ass... well not right now at least. So you're not always an ass. And you're still my brother and I wish I could do something. Don't worry about talking if you don't want to. Just rest, Gail. And don't make me regret giving you shit by getting worse." K'dar took a deep breath as he ran his fingers through his hair. "At least we know it was a man... eliminates about half."
"Tall man with no face and hands made of knives," muttered Zory as he lifted his hand. "Where's my finger?" The slurred question faded and his hand dropped back down, his head lolling to the side as he promptly fell back asleep. K'dar's head jerked to stare at his other brother, staring a good long while to make sure he could see that lean chest rising and falling. "Was that the first time he's woken up?"
Hopefully it wouldn't be the last time, and hopefully he'd be a bit more coherent by then. K'dar waited a moment longer but it seemed that Zory wasn't going to say anything else so he turned back to Gail. "After I get something to eat later, maybe a nap, I'll grab one of the books I brought and just camp out in here and read until I get kicked out to go sleep. Gotta oil Tiber sometime tomorrow I think, but he can wait. He's worried about you both too. If there's anything I can do, just let me know. I don't know if you can have anything to eat or drink yet, but if you can and want some I can make a run."
He sighed, shaking his head as he grabbed a chair to sit next to Orgailian. "And you're not an ass... well not right now at least. So you're not always an ass. And you're still my brother and I wish I could do something. Don't worry about talking if you don't want to. Just rest, Gail. And don't make me regret giving you shit by getting worse." K'dar took a deep breath as he ran his fingers through his hair. "At least we know it was a man... eliminates about half."
"Tall man with no face and hands made of knives," muttered Zory as he lifted his hand. "Where's my finger?" The slurred question faded and his hand dropped back down, his head lolling to the side as he promptly fell back asleep. K'dar's head jerked to stare at his other brother, staring a good long while to make sure he could see that lean chest rising and falling. "Was that the first time he's woken up?"
Hopefully it wouldn't be the last time, and hopefully he'd be a bit more coherent by then. K'dar waited a moment longer but it seemed that Zory wasn't going to say anything else so he turned back to Gail. "After I get something to eat later, maybe a nap, I'll grab one of the books I brought and just camp out in here and read until I get kicked out to go sleep. Gotta oil Tiber sometime tomorrow I think, but he can wait. He's worried about you both too. If there's anything I can do, just let me know. I don't know if you can have anything to eat or drink yet, but if you can and want some I can make a run."