Hirsi:Volume 0

empty sockets

I struggled to open my eyes, my whole body was covered in a thin layer of dry blood I questioned how I got the wound. The bright sun already tanned my face trying to sit upright I felt a piercing pain that rushed from my right arm down to my abs. I fell back to my former position unable to move an inch for if I did I would have to suffer through the pain. my belly growled, I felt like I haven't eaten in days but that was the least of my worries. I don't know when but I fell right back to sleep on that bloody boat.

*woshhhh* *wooshhh*

I was in-between the state of sleep and wake my ears captured the sounds the waves made as they crashed onto the beach, rain drops started falling on my face and one of them managed to pass through my eyelids. I slowly opened my eyes and was met with a familiar face.

^brono?^

He crouched down and took a closer look he still had the same cigarette brand in his mouth, he blew smoke onto my face and asked.

"what happened?"

I didn't even blink nor open my mouth it's not like I didn't want to do so either I just couldn't move a single muscle. I was so tired I couldn't even think straight nor could I remember what happened after I boarded Manda's ship. I lost too much blood its a miracle I was still alive, seagulls flew above his head as he looked down at me and from then on i sunk into deep slumber.

As I opened my eyes once again and saw a familiar sealing, I barely managed to move my head to the left and saw the same table I had back at the inn yet it was the same table, because my cloths were placed on it. I then realised I had nothing under my sheets but an underwear and hot towel folded and placed on my forehead. The room was dark and only had weak and short beams of lights from the bustling street down below flow through the window, it seemed like people were celebrating something or it was just another Friday night, I tried to stand up but same as before the pain rushed trough my right side. I lay there for a couple of minutes that felt like hours but their was no way of me knowing how long it was, I then fell asleep without noticing.

"is he awake?"

"I dont know"

"The chief manager said to tell him if he ever woke"

"is he even gonna wake up?"

"well the doctor said he'll be fine after some rest"

"Lets stop with the chit-chat and clean him real quick"

I heard three different voices, two of those which sounded deep and rough and one which was familiar soft and gentle. After a couple of days alternating between sleep and wake I was able to sit upright without feeling any pain, but I did get some surges from time to time, weeks after that I was now walking around my room to exercise my weak muscles, the staff left a wooden stick for me to use if I ever felt dizzy or unable to walk. I then found out that bilan was the soft and gentle voice I heard with two other staff members who cleaned me as I slept, I thanked them when I got the chance.

Three days later brono came to visit , he brought with him some snacks and drinks but he refrained from participating in the meal only smoking on his cigg.

^Do you even eat anything??^

"I'm assuming you found with me the bag filled with ores?" I said while unpacking the snacks from the basket.

"Yes, but you failed to safely escort manda"

"I didn't fail Julie did"

"you guys were on the same team"

"Never mind, how many people survived?" I asked

"You, only.. you"

I stared at him for a couple of seconds realising how many people lost their lives.