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I caught Drika just before she hit the ground. I laid her down on her old cot made of straw. "What's wrong with her lad?" Jack asked. He actually seemed concerned. "Malnourished. I barely had enough to feed myself, so you can imagine how much she got. She's been on her own for weeks now." I shook my head. I never should have left her, I thought. Elizabeth put a hand on my shoulder. As if she could read my thoughts, she said, "Will, it isn't your fault she's in this condition. She managed well enough when you were around." "Yeah," I muttered darkly. "When I WAS around." I hit my head on the wall. "Stupid, stupid, stupid" "Will, it ain't your fault," Jack said. "She wore herself out is all. She'll be fine, I'm almost sure of it." "Thanks for the help Jack," I said sarcastically. "You're very welcome Will," Jack said cheerily, grinning. I shifted and leaned against the wall. I tilted my head back till it hit the hard stone and I was staring up at the ceiling. Elizabeth came and put her arms around me, her head on my shoulder. "What are we going to do?" she asked sadly. "You've been banished and yet you're here." "You're lucky only us and The Watch know about it though," Jack said. "Wait . . ." I said slowly. "Only the four of us know?" "The three of us," Jack corrected, looking confused. "But Drika knows." "You told her?" I shook my head. Jack took a swig from his flask. "I'm going for a little walk. I'm gonna go call the boys off as well. Don't want them getting into trouble now, do we?" He walked out the front door. I made to go lock it, but Elizabeth held me back. I slumped against the wall and put my arm around her waist. "I don't know what we're going to do, Elizabeth. I haven't got the slightest idea."
I caught Drika just before she hit the ground. I laid her down on her old cot made of straw. "What's wrong with her lad?" Jack asked. He actually seemed concerned. "Malnourished. I barely had enough to feed myself, so you can imagine how much she got. She's been on her own for weeks now." I shook my head. I never should have left her, I thought. Elizabeth put a hand on my shoulder. As if she could read my thoughts, she said, "Will, it isn't your fault she's in this condition. She managed well enough when you were around." "Yeah," I muttered darkly. "When I WAS around." I hit my head on the wall. "Stupid, stupid, stupid" "Will, it ain't your fault," Jack said. "She wore herself out is all. She'll be fine, I'm almost sure of it." "Thanks for the help Jack," I said sarcastically. "You're very welcome Will," Jack said cheerily, grinning. I shifted and leaned against the wall. I tilted my head back till it hit the hard stone and I was staring up at the ceiling. Elizabeth came and put her arms around me, her head on my shoulder. "What are we going to do?" she asked sadly. "You've been banished and yet you're here." "You're lucky only us and The Watch know about it though," Jack said. "Wait . . ." I said slowly. "Only the four of us know?" "The three of us," Jack corrected, looking confused. "But Drika knows." "You told her?" I shook my head. Jack took a swig from his flask. "I'm going for a little walk. I'm gonna go call the boys off as well. Don't want them getting into trouble now, do we?" He walked out the front door. I made to go lock it, but Elizabeth held me back. I slumped against the wall and put my arm around her waist. "I don't know what we're going to do, Elizabeth. I haven't got the slightest idea."