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*Hook probably isn't the Nexus' worst patient: the place is too large and full of too many different people for that title to be easily won - but he certainly isn't one of the best, either.
It's fortunate that up to this point he has spent a great deal of time in slumber, which at least has been entertained with dreams (although it's mostly been a recurring dream, and not the most pleasant). To what is bound to be Ali's relief, the pain from the wounds has so far kept him from moving about more than a few steps, and he certainly isn't going out into the Nexus.
This is not to say he hasn't tried, on the very rare moments when he is left alone for more than a minute, but each time so far the pain has overridden the pride and he has been driven back to his sickbed, shivering, sweating, and furious.
Now he lies propped up with one of the massive red velvet cushions from his couch, a book lying at his elbow which he seems to be moodily ignoring, and a single chocolate coin gleaming brightly on the red sheet covering his knees.
And, of course, there is Ali, keeping watch...*
It's fortunate that up to this point he has spent a great deal of time in slumber, which at least has been entertained with dreams (although it's mostly been a recurring dream, and not the most pleasant). To what is bound to be Ali's relief, the pain from the wounds has so far kept him from moving about more than a few steps, and he certainly isn't going out into the Nexus.
This is not to say he hasn't tried, on the very rare moments when he is left alone for more than a minute, but each time so far the pain has overridden the pride and he has been driven back to his sickbed, shivering, sweating, and furious.
Now he lies propped up with one of the massive red velvet cushions from his couch, a book lying at his elbow which he seems to be moodily ignoring, and a single chocolate coin gleaming brightly on the red sheet covering his knees.
And, of course, there is Ali, keeping watch...*