She tried to nod, found that she couldn’t. “Oh, my God.” He leaned closer, and she felt his warmth. “Don’t try to move your neck, OK?”She made a sound of sorts, a cross between a moan and a sigh. Now she noticed that her throat felt tight, raw, and she raised her free hand to touch her neck. She winced at the hard plastic and metal encasing it, knew that she was injured. How badly, she’d have to find out. Later.“Here.” Ice grabbed a cup with a straw. “Drink some water. Slow and easy, now.”He lifted her shoulders, and that was when she noticed that she wasn’t actually lying down. She was being propped up in a seated position by pillows and some kind of frame. Ice supported her as she drank, and the cool water hit her throat, and she felt blessed relief. She drank a bit more, then blinked at Ice in some kind of weird attempt at communicating with her eyes only, letting him know that she was done. Carefully, so carefully, he eased her back down, then gripped her hand again.Gingerly,
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