(908) Would you like to blur the lines between friendship and lesbianism tonight?

[prayingone]

prayingone and blessingone dating shenanigans
what do you mean it's not canon?

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[blessingone]

Mm....

[The noise is vaguely like a yes in answer to the question, but it's cut off by a sharp intake of breath as she shifts to look towards -- she thinks it must be Shirley's voice, though something sounds different about it. Less muffled, setting aside the mild ringing in her ears. She's surprised when she sees...well, her vision is still blurry and her head is still spinning, but the splotches of colour aren't a wall. She can at least tell that's a person and, more importantly, a blonde person.

They were in the same cell? Did they forget which cell she was supposed to be in? She isn't going to complain. It feels like forever since she's seen another real person. (Orerines don't count as people. That seems to be the Orerines view on Ferines, anyway, so turnabout is fair play.)

When she speaks, her voice is raspy.]

I'm...still alive? I thought for sure this time, I was going to....

[She doesn't end that sentence. She doesn't want to think about that moment of understanding -- not acceptance, as she struggled against and cursed that seemingly unstoppable fate -- that this was the end of her life and that the next time she passed out from the pain would be one she never woke from. It terrifies her.]

[prayingone]

[Shirley manages a teary-eyed, wavery smile. Their situation is horrible beyond belief--but she can't help but feel revealed that Fenimore can talk through her injuries.]

Shh. It's okay, you don't have to talk... [Shirley reaches to her left, retrieving a cup of water and holding it out for Fenimore to drink.] You are. One of the other soldiers, a man in a mask... he gave me some medicine and helped to treat your wounds.

[blessingone]

[At first, Fenimore doesn't react to the water. One of the soldiers helped to treat her wounds? She can't hear that with gratitude. Her first reaction is disgust that one of them touched her while she was unconscious, even to treat her, even if she'd been in the hands of other soldiers just before losing consciousness in far more harmful ways. Her second is resentment -- where was this soldier when her friends were dying? She supposes they must be feeling more cautious now that they're running out of Ferines to torture. She begins to sit up, almost running into the cup being offered.]

One of the sol -- ? [She immediately regrets the sudden movement. She's been treated, but she's certainly not fully recovered. Her breath hitches as she winces, and then she starts to cough. Now she notices the water, and she tries to reach for it. Her hand is pretty unsteady -- she'll probably be able to drink unaided, but she'll likely spill about half of it on her own.]