Morning came.

Saddy scattered the fire prepared the horse for the multi-day return trip. Aldren lazily woke and watched before finding a ration bar for breakfast.

From the distance, the being that once was Gabs watched with interest while figgiting. Everything was new.

——– This doesn’t feel right.
Okay.

The sensations were new. Pain, delicious pain, filled its mind. A deep-seated dull ache resonated from the middle of the torso outward, reaching each of the toes to the top of the head.