Focus on breathing. In through your nose, out through your mouth. I'll try to warn you.
[why won't the furries give her gauze and painkillers THIS WOULD BE SO MUCH EASIER
anyway
She won't push him any farther than that. To be in a medically delicate situation required the loss of personal pride, an opening of a door to show a raw, horrible part of one's humanity in the act of suffering. The least she could do was treat it as she treated everything else - with as much care as possible. She'll also work on cleaning off the blood that wasn't entirely his, the leftover smearing of blood from the body that had perished on top of him.
...
It's in one of the moments that she's given him a rest from the pain of disinfecting that she speaks up again, her voice quiet.]
Would you tell me where you're from, Toi? I'd like to hear more about it.
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Focus on breathing. In through your nose, out through your mouth. I'll try to warn you.
[why won't the furries give her gauze and painkillers THIS WOULD BE SO MUCH EASIER
anyway
She won't push him any farther than that. To be in a medically delicate situation required the loss of personal pride, an opening of a door to show a raw, horrible part of one's humanity in the act of suffering. The least she could do was treat it as she treated everything else - with as much care as possible. She'll also work on cleaning off the blood that wasn't entirely his, the leftover smearing of blood from the body that had perished on top of him.
...
It's in one of the moments that she's given him a rest from the pain of disinfecting that she speaks up again, her voice quiet.]
Would you tell me where you're from, Toi? I'd like to hear more about it.