Alive

• Posted by Witschas December 17, 2012 - 909 views

  I woke up feeling pain all over. My head felt two sizes too small, and a burning sensation filled my right arm and leg. I sat up in what was a small tent. I removed a blanket covering my body, and saw to my terror how most of my body was covered in bandages. The pain got worse, and I started to hyperventilate as an old man entered the tent, immediately ordering me to calm down. I recognized his voice as the one I had heard before fainting. He forced me to lie down flat, demanding that I'd lay still, as he started to remove the bandages. I sensed that he drenched replacements in some kind of fluid, before he wrapped them around my wounds. A cooling feeling eased the pain, and I started to relax. After dealing with my wounds he bid me to drink a potion that almost instantly removed my headache and brought me to a complete relaxation.

  'You have severe burns on most of your body. You ought to thank the gods that you're alive. I've tended the wounds with ice wraith essence and given you a sedative and healing mixture I've created myself. You should recover just fine, if you promise to stay still'

  I looked upon him, and without a word I thanked him with all my heart for saving my life. He understood the look in my eyes, and gently padded me on the shoulder that hadn't been burned.

  'Usually we don't take in wounded like yourself. Actually we mostly leave them to their fate. But I want to know what happened at Helgen. I know you are in no condition to tell me now, but I want to stress how important it is that you recover. Something terrible most have happened, for I have never seen such destruction before. We found no one else alive in the rubble'

  I managed to respond with a weak nod and the smallest thinkable smile. The old man chuckled, and got up to leave. Just before exiting the tent he said, 'my name is Bjorn by the way'.