[ this is an overestimation. it becomes clear when she tries to stand up and finds her leg won't take her weight without pain lancing straight up it. alina drops back to the ground with a hiss of pain that ends in a grunt. she takes two deep breaths.
no one has ever helped her before when she had injuries. she'd done it herself. there were too many children to worry about in the orphanage, and all of them hated her and mal both. the one time she'd been injured with the first army, the nurse on staff had decided they wouldn't treat 'the enemy.' so she'd bandaged herself and moved on. she'd recovered from any number of untreated injuries in the stocks following fights she'd started over similar treatment.
this is different. she can't just stay down here. ]
I don't think I can climb. But there'll be ropes at the theater.
(cw: racism ref)
[ this is an overestimation. it becomes clear when she tries to stand up and finds her leg won't take her weight without pain lancing straight up it. alina drops back to the ground with a hiss of pain that ends in a grunt. she takes two deep breaths.
no one has ever helped her before when she had injuries. she'd done it herself. there were too many children to worry about in the orphanage, and all of them hated her and mal both. the one time she'd been injured with the first army, the nurse on staff had decided they wouldn't treat 'the enemy.' so she'd bandaged herself and moved on. she'd recovered from any number of untreated injuries in the stocks following fights she'd started over similar treatment.
this is different. she can't just stay down here. ]
I don't think I can climb. But there'll be ropes at the theater.