It was all Soma could do to stifle a growl of frustration as she opened her eyes. Thwarted on her way to the basement for the second time in a row. Was even getting to the cafeteria too much to ask for?
Still, even that irritation was put on hold for a moment when she caught sight of the rash on her hand. It was angry, it was red, and it had somehow managed to spread to her wrist in the last--hour? Two hours? Who knew how time worked in a place like this.
But she didn't feel sick. Did she?
Her nurse arrived with a pair of ill-fitting jeans, an itchy sweater, and a puffy yellow jacket. There was, she noted with some relief, a pair of gloves to go with the jacket. They were equally ugly, but at least nobody would be able to see the rash right away. It was probably nothing, but if any of the other patients were as on edge as she was...
She found an empty seat on the bus and bit angrily into a muffin. Hopefully she'd get to the bottom of all this before too long.
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Still, even that irritation was put on hold for a moment when she caught sight of the rash on her hand. It was angry, it was red, and it had somehow managed to spread to her wrist in the last--hour? Two hours? Who knew how time worked in a place like this.
But she didn't feel sick. Did she?
Her nurse arrived with a pair of ill-fitting jeans, an itchy sweater, and a puffy yellow jacket. There was, she noted with some relief, a pair of gloves to go with the jacket. They were equally ugly, but at least nobody would be able to see the rash right away. It was probably nothing, but if any of the other patients were as on edge as she was...
She found an empty seat on the bus and bit angrily into a muffin. Hopefully she'd get to the bottom of all this before too long.
[free~]