[Up he goes, the hospital bed slowly lifting him into a sitting position, glad for the fact that he doesn't have to do it himself in order to eat. Parts of his body protest being moved, a soreness that permeates all parts of his body makes every bit of him ache right down to the bone and then some. But, he needs to eat, and his stomach hasn't forgotten what it's like to be filled with food. Glancing down at the breakfast in his lap, he gingerly picks up a fork and eats one of the tomatoes as he listens.
It's just as he feared, they never made it to the police station. That's a whole other can of worms, one he's going to have to open with her sooner rather than later. Nodding his head in understanding, he eyes the jam, but really, he doesn't care which he gets.]
Surprise me.
[He takes a moment to consider how he's going to breach the subject with her, but maybe it's for the best he lets her finish.]
Go on, what else happened? Were you able to get any news out of the police station at all? Or did they keep you from it all all night here while the doctors were tending to you?
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It's just as he feared, they never made it to the police station. That's a whole other can of worms, one he's going to have to open with her sooner rather than later. Nodding his head in understanding, he eyes the jam, but really, he doesn't care which he gets.]
Surprise me.
[He takes a moment to consider how he's going to breach the subject with her, but maybe it's for the best he lets her finish.]
Go on, what else happened? Were you able to get any news out of the police station at all? Or did they keep you from it all all night here while the doctors were tending to you?