Warming Up
Jack woke up to the smell of stew cooking. He turned his head. Yoshiko was on her knees, Japanese fashion, next to him. She had been patting his forhead with a damp cloth and spooning him some stew.
"Yoshiko?"
"Here."
"What happened?"
"The bug droid caught you off guard and knocked you out."
"Oh."
"I told the village elder of your quest and he gave me this map. It directs you to a time portal that is located on an island." Jack inspected the map.
"It looks like quite a journey. We have to cross over these mountain ridges before we can reach the coast. We had better start now, then, for I am anxious to get there." Jack had begun to sit up, but Yoshiko put her hand on his shoulder and gently pushed him down.
"Don't get up just yet, you still need some rest" Yoshiko told him.
"Rest?"
"Rest is when you sleep and-"
"I know what "rest" means, I just do not understand why I need rest."
"Well, you are still a little sick."
"Sick?"
"Sick is when you-"
"Yes, yes, I know what "sick" means, I am just curious to know how I had gotten sick."
"After the bug droid knocked you unconcious it began to spray some sort of gas on you, I stopped it before it could continue any further."
"Thank you," Jack said with a nod of his head.
"You're welcome," Yoshiko said, but as she said it a shadow seemed to pass over her face, but it left as quickly as it came, Jack wasn't even sure if he saw it at all.
Yoshiko leaned over and began to stroke his cheek. At her touch, Jack's muscles tensed. The memory of Ikra was still vivid in his mind and his broken heart was still mending. He pushed aside any possible feelings that may have already been developing and scolded himself for their mere existence. Yoshiko frowned.
"That's odd," she said, "last time I checked, your temperature had gone down, but now you're cheeks are turning red and they feel all hot again."
A few hours later, after they had eaten and rested up, Yoshiko glanced up at the sky.
"It's light enough to start heading out."
"Then, let us continue," Jack replied as he sat up.
Jack woke up to the smell of stew cooking. He turned his head. Yoshiko was on her knees, Japanese fashion, next to him. She had been patting his forhead with a damp cloth and spooning him some stew.
"Yoshiko?"
"Here."
"What happened?"
"The bug droid caught you off guard and knocked you out."
"Oh."
"I told the village elder of your quest and he gave me this map. It directs you to a time portal that is located on an island." Jack inspected the map.
"It looks like quite a journey. We have to cross over these mountain ridges before we can reach the coast. We had better start now, then, for I am anxious to get there." Jack had begun to sit up, but Yoshiko put her hand on his shoulder and gently pushed him down.
"Don't get up just yet, you still need some rest" Yoshiko told him.
"Rest?"
"Rest is when you sleep and-"
"I know what "rest" means, I just do not understand why I need rest."
"Well, you are still a little sick."
"Sick?"
"Sick is when you-"
"Yes, yes, I know what "sick" means, I am just curious to know how I had gotten sick."
"After the bug droid knocked you unconcious it began to spray some sort of gas on you, I stopped it before it could continue any further."
"Thank you," Jack said with a nod of his head.
"You're welcome," Yoshiko said, but as she said it a shadow seemed to pass over her face, but it left as quickly as it came, Jack wasn't even sure if he saw it at all.
Yoshiko leaned over and began to stroke his cheek. At her touch, Jack's muscles tensed. The memory of Ikra was still vivid in his mind and his broken heart was still mending. He pushed aside any possible feelings that may have already been developing and scolded himself for their mere existence. Yoshiko frowned.
"That's odd," she said, "last time I checked, your temperature had gone down, but now you're cheeks are turning red and they feel all hot again."
A few hours later, after they had eaten and rested up, Yoshiko glanced up at the sky.
"It's light enough to start heading out."
"Then, let us continue," Jack replied as he sat up.