Histaff by Andries Louws

Author:Andries Louws [Louws, Andries]
Language: eng
Format: epub
Publisher: Mountaindale Press
Published: 2019-02-21T16:00:00+00:00

Chapter Eleven – Fleeting Beauty

Douglas sits down in a sizable pile of snacks. It took him a lot of thinking, but he has realized that he does not want to die. There are so many things to do, so many snacks to eat, and so many user manuals to read, after all.

So the skeleton has taken measures after eating enough food to repair each bone in his body. The remoulding process of shattered bone is less influenced by eating than regrowing his bones, but it still has a notable effect. Having eaten his fill, he is now fully repaired and ready to implement the first step of his plan.

His gloves come off after a mere ten minutes of fumbling with his suit. He then focuses on his right pinky finger, willing the connective mana to vanish. He immediately feels the connective tissue between his joints weaken. Pulling on the upper finger bone, it comes loose rather easily. He happily drops it into his suit through the helmet opening and starts demolishing the rest of his hand.

He stops when two pairs of thumbs and pointer fingers are all he has left. Douglas then pulls both his radiuses free, dropping them inside his spacesuit too. His pants bulge out with the bones dropping near his feet. Clacking his jaw in contentment, he pulls his teeth free and drops them inside. Reaching his ribs is difficult without taking more of the suit off, something Douglas is getting more and more wary of.

His feet surrounded by parts of his body and his arms slowly regrowing, he puts his gloves back on. A warm and safe feeling builds up in his empty head. The realization that he has the very matter his body is made up of in excess, thus greatly expediting potential future regeneration actions, is a nice feeling of safety. He slaps the woman’s hand against some more buttons and continues eating with a grin on his face.

“Thhhhh…”

The gurgling murmurs coming from down below catch his attention. Dull eyes rimmed by flaking blood stare at him. She seems to be trying to speak, but the air whistling through her neck and from between her ribs indicates that her body is not yet up to the task.

Each gruesome injury marking her white skin is glowing with a blue sparkle. Her bleeding stopped rather quickly, and the wounds scabbed over within an hour. She even managed to manoeuvre her torso over the dissected part of her lower half, and it seems to be repairing slowly.

“What?” Douglas asks.

“PPpffffff…”

Douglas just stares into her dull eyes.

“Fffooooo…”

Douglas looks between the bag of foamy sweet things he is holding and the crumpled mess of a woman sprawled out in a pool of blood. He then continues munching on food while occasionally slapping the slowly healing woman’s hand against the shining buttons.

“Foood…”

Douglas drops his shoulders. No longer can he claim ignorance now that she managed to articulate the word properly. Douglas kneels down and, with surprising gentleness and care, starts putting food in her mouth.

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