[Voice]

[dragonsorcsandwolves]

[Rob no]

[Rob is bored for the first time in a long time. He's tired of lying in the infirmary, alternating between reading from his datascroll and wondering what he'll look like when the bandages come off. He desperately needs to do something. Sure, moving around is painful, but it's not that bad. He needs to stretch his legs a bit, even if it's just to walk around the room.

It's a painful struggle to sit up, but once he's on the edge of the bed with his legs dangling off the side it doesn't seem so bad. He picks up his phone from the bedside table.]

Hey. I was thi-

[Rob lets out a cry of surprise as his legs fail to support his weight when he tries to stand. The cry is followed by the sound of a crash and nearly a minute of colorful swearing.]

Can I get a hand in the infirmary? I've fallen and I can't get up.


[Let's try this again]

[A while after his first attempt at a post, Rob tries again.]

Hey.

[It's halfway between a word and a grunt of pain.]

I need something to do while I'm lying here. Besides reading and watching stuff. Does anyone have any suggestions? I'm bored out of my skull.

Comments

[arrowroot]

[Thankfully Ana, for her small stature, was hardly a pushover. She didn't spend most of her life shooting a longbow and not come out with decent arm muscles. She doesn't full on catch him, but she does keep a hold of his hand and step forward to snag his elbow, keeping him from going down completely.] Might want to let me do the heavy lifting here.

[dragonsorcsandwolves]

[Clenched teeth and a faint hiss signal the condition of the arm connected to that elbow.

Despite her advice, he's still trying to contribute to the process of returning to the bed. Even so, the amount of weight that Ana's supporting is gradually increasing; Rob is most certainly not ready to walk around just yet.]

[arrowroot]

[He really isn't.

Thankfully this isn't the first time she's had to haul someone twice her size off the ground before.]

You really shouldn't have tried to get out of bed...

[dragonsorcsandwolves]

I just wanted to walk across the room. I didn't expect it to turn out like this.

[arrowroot]

You're injured. Your body probably isn't working the way you usually expect it to. [She gives him an encouraging smile, though.] I do understand. Any time I was supposed to be on bed rest I drove my poor healer insane by constantly trying to do things on my own.

[dragonsorcsandwolves]

I've never had to worry about whether or not my body could do basic stuff. Basic stuff isn't the kind of thing I ever think to ask for help with.

[arrowroot]

I take it you've never been this injured before then, or ill enough to feel that sort of weakness. I know it's a knock to the ol' pride, but you'd just make yourself worse if you kept forcing yourself beyond your current limits.