[The way it’s spoken, roughly through gritted teeth, might actually inform Alec that, no, he’s not fine. The pain in his shoulder is like someone’s stuck a knife into it, and every time it so much as moves, that same blade might as well be twisting. The rest of his body is sending its unwanted alarms careening through him, too — bruises where he’d collided into Alec, or where the largest of the drakes gripped talons into his ankle, the tips puncturing skin. That isn’t accounting for the sore muscles that’ll complain tomorrow, after having been twisted to and fro mid-air like a rag doll.
But yeah. He’s fine.
He pushes himself off the car, hand pressing into his shoulder this time, forcing his walk to the gate. The men, obviously worried upon seeing the man who had passed not that long ago returning bloodied, frown when they see them. One of them pipes up again.
Hey! Your friend looks like he could use a hand! We told you those drakes were nasty business!]
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[The way it’s spoken, roughly through gritted teeth, might actually inform Alec that, no, he’s not fine. The pain in his shoulder is like someone’s stuck a knife into it, and every time it so much as moves, that same blade might as well be twisting. The rest of his body is sending its unwanted alarms careening through him, too — bruises where he’d collided into Alec, or where the largest of the drakes gripped talons into his ankle, the tips puncturing skin. That isn’t accounting for the sore muscles that’ll complain tomorrow, after having been twisted to and fro mid-air like a rag doll.
But yeah. He’s fine.
He pushes himself off the car, hand pressing into his shoulder this time, forcing his walk to the gate. The men, obviously worried upon seeing the man who had passed not that long ago returning bloodied, frown when they see them. One of them pipes up again.
Hey! Your friend looks like he could use a hand! We told you those drakes were nasty business!]