The Godzilla Threshold
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- Posted: Mon, 08 Dec 2014 23:04:26 +0000
Gwynevere Regantona
Gwyn wished she hadn't spoke too soon. As soon as she was home, a knock at her door and sobbing broke her moment of peace. She rushed to the door and opened it to discover a horrifying scenario.
From the rushed explanations of the child's mother, his arm had been crushed in a flour mill's grinder. What used the be an arm was now a flat, bloody, mangled mess of skin and crushed bone handing limply from the unconscious child. Gwyn had him rushed in, pushing what few things were on the table off and ushering the woman to set him down. From the moment she saw him she knew it was a hopeless cause -- there was nothing there to bandage, and she'd have to hack more off to make a stump of some kind. She explained this, but the mother refused.
"His arm won't heal! Look at it!" Gwyn begged the distraught mother, pointing to the rapidly fading child. "The only option is to amputate the damage and--" The mother was furious now, insisting she bandage it without cutting any more off. Gwyn refused to comply, and the woman picked the child up, announcing if she wouldn't help her son then she'd find someone else who would. "No! Don't be stupid, can't you see--" Gwyn stepped between the woman and child, but the woman was a baker - her upper body strength was impressive, and the larger, taller woman easily hit Gwyn aside. She took the child before Gwyn could stop her and left the house, leaving the young witch in the doorway, holding her cheek where she'd been struck.
"You're making a mistake! Please," she sank to the doorstep as the woman disappeared into the crowd, holding her head in her hands. She could have prevented that, knocked the woman out, fixed the child, tried harder to make her stay. The kid was as good as dead, and all the former glee of the morning faded into despair. ******** the stupid spider! What good was it now? Now she just felt ill and her face hurt and her pretty maid dress she'd gotten at the Lord's house was ruined, the white frilly apron smeared with red. Angrily, she pulled it off and threw it down onto the doorstep, giving a glare to anyone who gave her funny looks as they walked by.
From the rushed explanations of the child's mother, his arm had been crushed in a flour mill's grinder. What used the be an arm was now a flat, bloody, mangled mess of skin and crushed bone handing limply from the unconscious child. Gwyn had him rushed in, pushing what few things were on the table off and ushering the woman to set him down. From the moment she saw him she knew it was a hopeless cause -- there was nothing there to bandage, and she'd have to hack more off to make a stump of some kind. She explained this, but the mother refused.
"His arm won't heal! Look at it!" Gwyn begged the distraught mother, pointing to the rapidly fading child. "The only option is to amputate the damage and--" The mother was furious now, insisting she bandage it without cutting any more off. Gwyn refused to comply, and the woman picked the child up, announcing if she wouldn't help her son then she'd find someone else who would. "No! Don't be stupid, can't you see--" Gwyn stepped between the woman and child, but the woman was a baker - her upper body strength was impressive, and the larger, taller woman easily hit Gwyn aside. She took the child before Gwyn could stop her and left the house, leaving the young witch in the doorway, holding her cheek where she'd been struck.
"You're making a mistake! Please," she sank to the doorstep as the woman disappeared into the crowd, holding her head in her hands. She could have prevented that, knocked the woman out, fixed the child, tried harder to make her stay. The kid was as good as dead, and all the former glee of the morning faded into despair. ******** the stupid spider! What good was it now? Now she just felt ill and her face hurt and her pretty maid dress she'd gotten at the Lord's house was ruined, the white frilly apron smeared with red. Angrily, she pulled it off and threw it down onto the doorstep, giving a glare to anyone who gave her funny looks as they walked by.