I removed the soiled bandage and inspected the wound. The gash was extremely deep, it had surely severed many layers of muscle. The loss of blood was making my thoughts fuzzy and distant. I cleaned it the best I knew how. Lying against a tree in the evening quiet of the dimming forest I made a small prayer to Karana. Perhaps I should have been appealing to Rodcet Nife...
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"Extinction is the rule. Survival is the exception." -Carl Sagan
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