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“What happened?”
“You slammed headfirst into the spire, that’s what happened I looked over just as you started to slip into the water I threw you the line You hadn’t blacked out yet I shouted at you to grab the line and you did I reeled you in”
“How long have I been out?”
“Twenty, twenty-five minutes”
He squeezed his eyes shut “My head hurts”
“You’ve got a gash in your hairline; it’s pretty long, but not very deep”
Sa a stretchable bandage wrapped around the upper part of his forehead
“How’s your vision?” Remi asked
“Everything’s dark”
“That’s a good sign; it’s night Okay, howup?”
Saroaned “Come on, Remi, I’m fine—”
“Humor me”
“Sixteen”
“Sam”
“Four fingers My na in a raft in the Black Sea trying to steal a bottle of wine fropin Satisfied?”