[OPEN] We're smiling all the same [Day 207]

[bastionpc]

Who: Ahime, anyone checking on her in the hospital
Open: Open
When: 207
Where: Hospital
What: The warrior has finally woken.
Format: Any
Warnings: Talk of impaling injuries

Being a Warrior of Atlantis, and the right hand of the Queen at that meant knowing your life was constantly going to be filled with risks. Their life expectancy was a tad higher than the average soldier due to their naturally imbued magic being higher than others due to what was passed on via genetics, but that didn't mean that there weren't those who fell in battle young. Entire Warrior lines had been wiped out in the past, and it was often considered a blessing if one passed on due to natural causes instead of something more violent.

When that house had exploded and Ahime had been impaled, she had thought this was finally her end, in a world away from her own with no Warrior to call kin near her. After all, no one but her had survived past the Calamity. She saw it as going out valiantly if she took herself and her injury to battle with the Ura men that were trying to stop them from getting the cure for their friends. At least then she would have been reunited with her family and friends.

But then she had been grabbed and... that was it. She didn't recall anything beyond that point.

Waking in the hospital had been surprising, and she lay there staring at the ceiling breathing in and out slowly for a long moment before a tired, hoarse laugh escaped her.

"Even now, you're looking out for me, aren't you... ?" she asked to no one in particular, lifting an arm to drape it over her eyes. "What a cruel joke..."

Comments

[daughterofursa]

Zuko doesn't know the woman well enough to sit at her bedside for any length of time, but she has been stopping in once a day to check on Ahime's condition since they all got back. On finding her awake this time, she stops in the doorway.

"...do you want me to get anyone?" She didn't catch Ahime talking to herself, but from the way she's lying, Zuko wonders if she's in any pain.

[bastionpc]

A lot of pain, though she knows that there's little they can do about it.

"I'll be fine. ... I think. Thank you, though."

[daughterofursa]

As long as she's hiding it well enough, Zuko won't realize just how much.

"All right. Just let me know. Most things around here are more advanced than I'm used to, so- they must have something they can give you."

[bastionpc]

She's resilient enough to hide it pretty well. Then again, she did get impaled...

"I wouldn't want to impose on the young doctor. That said... how is everything here?"

[daughterofursa]

Between magic and modern medicine, Zuko has no clear idea how fast that would heal.

"Everyone's pulled through. You're the one we were worried about."

[bastionpc]

"If I had died, at least it would have been so everyone else could live..." Ahime sighs, shaking her head slowly. "I'm glad that we were able to save everyone though."

[daughterofursa]

"But you didn't have to die so anyone could live." Zuko has it in her to give her life for someone, but Ahime almost sounds like she would have preferred it, which would be stupid.

"I'm glad we saved everyone, too. Including you."

[bastionpc]

She has her reasons, Zuko.

A lot of them.

"... I suppose I'm glad then, as well."

[daughterofursa]

Zuko is pretty sure all of them are stupid when applied to wanting death.

"And next time, hopefully I'll be there if there are any explosives."

[bastionpc]

Don't be so sure about that.

"Hopefully. Though I'm sure it would be easier if there was no next time at all."

[daughterofursa]

"You really think things are going to go that smoothly around here?"

It would be easier, but that's wishful thinking.

[bastionpc]

"Of course not. I'm hopeful, not delusional. ... not for lack of my wounds trying to make me so."

[daughterofursa]

"Are you sure you don't need someone to get you some medicine?"

[bastionpc]

"... maybe. I'm feeling much worse than I was expecting to."

[daughterofursa]

"You did have a chunk of shrapnel in you. I'm not sure how it compares, but it's got to be painful."

She moves back towards the door. "I'll see who I can track down."

[bastionpc]

This is probably not the time for an "I've had worse" remark. She just nods and gives her a quiet 'thank you' instead.