Chapter 12
A few days after his first speech lesson, Wyatt was doing better; his arm had improved as well. Looking over at Darkslash at lunch, he asked him if his leg was doing any better, he said with a big grin on his face, "I think, that at the rate my leg is healing up, that I will be up and about before you know it."
I had a puzzled look on my face as I responded, "But, I already know it, you just told me."
Darkslash's face slowly had a grin creep onto it, then, he laughed! Wyatt was slightly confused, he had never seen Darkslash laugh before, but it was an odd sounding, almost barking, not anything that a normal human laughs like. Wyatt gave an involuntary shudder at the creepiness of it, but soon it passed and they were talking animatedly. As they were, Oak, the otter gatekeeper, had came in. Hearing about the two patients, he decided to take a peak. He was surprised when the human turned and said 'hello' to him. "The abbess must be teaching him our language." said Oak to himself.
Then, after trying to speak to him a bit more, Oak realized that the human only knew a few basic words, and resorted to writing on the parchment. After having a slightly disjointed, yet lengthy conversation, Oak decided to sit down on the edge of the bed. Careful of his tail, he decided to take a breather before going back to the gatehouse. After Oak left, Wyatt thought that maybe he could try moving his legs around to keep them active. After moving his legs around a bit, he decided to take a nap for a while.
When Wyatt awoke from his nap, it was well past dinnertime. Darkslash was asleep in the bed next to him, and the sister's who were usually bustling about were asleep as well. Seeing that three was no way to get some food, Wyatt tried to fall back asleep, but found that he couldn't. "The next time I want to take a nap, I'll do something else!" said Wyatt to himself as he thought of ways to pass the time and hopefully fall asleep again.
Deciding that he has been in bed long enough, Wyatt got out of bed as best as he could. Finally getting out, Wyatt tried to rise, only to fall back down wobbly. "Must get used to using the old legs again eh?" said Wyatt to himself as he tried it again a second time.
Meanwhile, as Wyatt was trying out walking again for the first time in days, there was something else going on in the abbey, a in one of the dormitories, Glen the otter stirred. Anyone who was not looking at her would have thought that she as wide awake, but in reality, she was still asleep. Moving silently through the dormitories, the sleeping otter grabbed her javelin from its place near the door. Walking down the hallway in a trance, she went towards the infirmary, her eyes still glazed in sleep. Meanwhile, Wyatt was making progress with his re-hab on walking. Managing to walk to the door and back, Wyatt decided to try walking with a bit more speed. Managing to walk back and forth a few times successfully, Wyatt decided that maybe he could try running, but he didn't have enough room in the infirmary to do that, so he just jumped up and down a few times, getting the circulation in his legs going at their original rate. While Wyatt was exercising his legs, Glen was getting closer to the infirmary.
A few days after his first speech lesson, Wyatt was doing better; his arm had improved as well. Looking over at Darkslash at lunch, he asked him if his leg was doing any better, he said with a big grin on his face, "I think, that at the rate my leg is healing up, that I will be up and about before you know it."
I had a puzzled look on my face as I responded, "But, I already know it, you just told me."
Darkslash's face slowly had a grin creep onto it, then, he laughed! Wyatt was slightly confused, he had never seen Darkslash laugh before, but it was an odd sounding, almost barking, not anything that a normal human laughs like. Wyatt gave an involuntary shudder at the creepiness of it, but soon it passed and they were talking animatedly. As they were, Oak, the otter gatekeeper, had came in. Hearing about the two patients, he decided to take a peak. He was surprised when the human turned and said 'hello' to him. "The abbess must be teaching him our language." said Oak to himself.
Then, after trying to speak to him a bit more, Oak realized that the human only knew a few basic words, and resorted to writing on the parchment. After having a slightly disjointed, yet lengthy conversation, Oak decided to sit down on the edge of the bed. Careful of his tail, he decided to take a breather before going back to the gatehouse. After Oak left, Wyatt thought that maybe he could try moving his legs around to keep them active. After moving his legs around a bit, he decided to take a nap for a while.
When Wyatt awoke from his nap, it was well past dinnertime. Darkslash was asleep in the bed next to him, and the sister's who were usually bustling about were asleep as well. Seeing that three was no way to get some food, Wyatt tried to fall back asleep, but found that he couldn't. "The next time I want to take a nap, I'll do something else!" said Wyatt to himself as he thought of ways to pass the time and hopefully fall asleep again.
Deciding that he has been in bed long enough, Wyatt got out of bed as best as he could. Finally getting out, Wyatt tried to rise, only to fall back down wobbly. "Must get used to using the old legs again eh?" said Wyatt to himself as he tried it again a second time.
Meanwhile, as Wyatt was trying out walking again for the first time in days, there was something else going on in the abbey, a in one of the dormitories, Glen the otter stirred. Anyone who was not looking at her would have thought that she as wide awake, but in reality, she was still asleep. Moving silently through the dormitories, the sleeping otter grabbed her javelin from its place near the door. Walking down the hallway in a trance, she went towards the infirmary, her eyes still glazed in sleep. Meanwhile, Wyatt was making progress with his re-hab on walking. Managing to walk to the door and back, Wyatt decided to try walking with a bit more speed. Managing to walk back and forth a few times successfully, Wyatt decided that maybe he could try running, but he didn't have enough room in the infirmary to do that, so he just jumped up and down a few times, getting the circulation in his legs going at their original rate. While Wyatt was exercising his legs, Glen was getting closer to the infirmary.