{"id":3303,"date":"2017-07-31T00:00:17","date_gmt":"2017-07-31T04:00:17","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/awakenings.embklitzke.com\/?p=3303"},"modified":"2017-07-30T10:17:05","modified_gmt":"2017-07-30T14:17:05","slug":"eighteen-04-2","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/awakenings.embklitzke.com\/?p=3303","title":{"rendered":"Eighteen – 04"},"content":{"rendered":"

[This post is from J.T.’s point of view.]<\/em><\/p>\n

\u201cDammit,\u201d J.T. breathed the word, staring for a few seconds at the blood that soaked through Thom\u2019s shirt, blood that obscured the wounds beneath. Camazotzi<\/em> wounds might not fester the same way that dirae<\/em> ones did, but this, he knew, would be bad enough\u2014especially given Thom\u2019s reaction to them.<\/p>\n

Either something\u2019s changed or\u2014<\/em><\/p>\n

He stopped the thought dead. He had work to do and he\u2019d figure out what had changed\u2014because something certainly had<\/em>\u2014later.<\/p>\n

Head in the game.<\/em><\/p>\n

One hand dove into his bag of medical gear, already digging out antiseptic and gauze as he shifted his position, using one arm to stretch Thom out on the floor of the watchtower. He\u2019d need help getting his friend down from here if he didn\u2019t wake up before it was time to move him\u2014and given the color of Thom\u2019s face, J.T. didn\u2019t think that was very likely.<\/p>\n

\u201cHe okay?\u201d Paul asked, standing at the broken rail, shotgun leveled as he scanned for any new threats. With the dome of the wards solidly in place now, J.T. didn\u2019t expect that anything new would get inside, but it paid to be cautious.<\/p>\n

\u201cNot yet,\u201d J.T. said. \u201cHow many?\u201d<\/p>\n

\u201cOne left inside. Hundreds outside the walls.\u201d<\/p>\n

J.T. grunted, trying to clean the blood from Thom\u2019s shoulders so he could get a better look at the gouges the camazotzi<\/em> had left behind. \u201cTide turning?\u201d<\/p>\n

Paul hesitated before answering, long enough that J.T.\u2019s hackles began to rise, though he didn\u2019t dare look away from his work. The gouges were deep; he\u2019d need to stitch them. He jammed some gauze against Thom\u2019s wounds and started winding some bandages around them to at least temporarily staunch the bleeding.<\/p>\n

\u201cPaul.\u201d<\/p>\n

\u201cI don\u2019t know,\u201d Paul said, his voice abruptly strained. \u201cI don\u2019t know, Jay. Something just happened out there.\u201d<\/p>\n

\u201cWhat?\u201d<\/p>\n

\u201cI don\u2019t know,\u201d Paul said, his voice still strange and strained all at once. \u201cI really don\u2019t know.\u201d<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

[This post is from J.T.’s point of view.] \u201cDammit,\u201d J.T. breathed the word, staring for a few seconds at the blood that soaked through Thom\u2019s shirt, blood that obscured the wounds beneath. Camazotzi wounds might not fester the same way … Continue reading →<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"jetpack_post_was_ever_published":false,"_jetpack_newsletter_access":"","_jetpack_dont_email_post_to_subs":false,"_jetpack_newsletter_tier_id":0,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paywalled_content":false,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paid_content":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[240,264,14],"tags":[150,171,170,160,149,223,148,168,147,165,158,146],"class_list":["post-3303","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-book-6","category-chapter-18-book-6","category-story","tag-awakenings","tag-fantasy","tag-fiction","tag-j-t-mackenzie","tag-original-fiction","tag-paul-van-rijn","tag-post-apocalyptic","tag-serial","tag-serial-fiction","tag-story","tag-thom-ambrose","tag-web-fiction"],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"","jetpack_shortlink":"https:\/\/wp.me\/p1EBlN-Rh","jetpack_likes_enabled":true,"jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"_links":{"self":[{"href":"http:\/\/awakenings.embklitzke.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/3303","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"http:\/\/awakenings.embklitzke.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"http:\/\/awakenings.embklitzke.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/awakenings.embklitzke.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/awakenings.embklitzke.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=3303"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"http:\/\/awakenings.embklitzke.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/3303\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":3304,"href":"http:\/\/awakenings.embklitzke.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/3303\/revisions\/3304"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"http:\/\/awakenings.embklitzke.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=3303"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/awakenings.embklitzke.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=3303"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/awakenings.embklitzke.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=3303"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}