Thorarinn Gunnarsson - Dragons 02 by Human Beware!

Author:Human, Beware!
Format: epub
Published: 2013-07-16T16:00:00+00:00

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Part Five

In Country Mirth

When Jenny awoke some time later, it was to discover that she was in considerable discomfort. Her head was pounding so intensely that she could actually hear the throbbing. There was a lierce, stabbing pain in her lower back that hurt even more. And her bladder was absolutely about to burst, a pint-sized container forced to hold at least five gallons. Well, she could do something about that, since the ship’s head—a silly name if ever she had heard one—was adjacent to her own cabin. Assuming that she was in her own cabin. .. she opened one eye and looked around, and saw that she was.

Only an emergency like this could have gotten her out of her bunk, the way she felt. She sat up in bed, wondering whether Wind Dragon was still in the air or if it was her own impaired sense of balance that made the bunk sway. She slipped off the side of the bed, steadying herself by holding tightly to the wall, and looked down to find that she was standing in four inches of water.

“Oh, I had a boo-boo,” she said to herself, then stared at the lloor with a look of almost painful concentration. “But if I did ihis, then why do I still need to? Or again?”

She shrugged, opened the door, and paid her visit to the privy.

By the time she finished, her head had cleared enough for her to know that she could not have made this mess. For one thing, it was obviously fresh water, and she was certain that she had a stronger constitution than that. She was also just a little suspicious of the volume. She returned to her cabin, pulled on pants and jacket, and staggered up the stairs to the main deck. She saw Mira standing at the wheels on the helm deck.

“Lady Mira, we seem to be sinking,” she announced. “Sinking?” Mira looked over the siderail. “Dear child, we happen to be a thousand feet above dry land, in a clear sky. What do you mean, sinking?”

“There’s a hand of water standing on the floor downstairs.” “Below,” Mira corrected her absently. “Erkin, take the wheels and keep us on course. I’ll keep the vanes spelled.”

“Right, Lady!” Erkin bounced over to stand by the wheels, looking like a dog that had been invited for a walk.

Mira followed her student back to the stairs, and together they descended to the lower deck. Jenny stepped off into the icy water with complete indifference, but her mistress remained on the step just above its level. The pool shifted back and forth in sudden waves as Wind Dragon responded to the changing winds, pouring in and out of cabin doors.

“I didn’t do it,” Jenny stated flatly.

“Of course you didn’t,” Mira assured her, wondering what she meant. “The water tank must have broken open. Are you feeling well, child?”

“I hurt like hell,” she answered. “And I feel very sleepy and dizzy.”

“Oh, you’re still half under that sleeping spell I put on you,” Mira said, and quickly reversed it.

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