BORDERLANDS AU 1

[agoodname]

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[agoodname]

[her smile widens a bit at that] "I don't doubt that for a second, considering what I've heard of you."

[enigmaster]

Numbers're just easy, you know... [He lets out a breath for a moment, trying to force off the haze over him, but. Well, there's still painkillers in his system, that's not gonna happen.]

[agoodname]

"They are predictable, that's true. Which is helpful."[Lee pauses to adjust]

"You still have some painkillers in your system--the heavy ones. We're starting to take you off of them, though, and move you to the ones that won't make you groggy."

[enigmaster]

Oh... That makes sense. [It does, kind of. Sort of feels like the sort of dots he would've connected himself, but. You know. Drugs.] 'xplains a few things, I guess...

[agoodname]

"If you're thinking it is why your thought processes are slower than normal and everything feels fuzzy around the edges, then you'd be correct."

[enigmaster]

Yeah... That stuff.

[That. Yep. Pretty much that.]

Makes everything kinda blurry. And not in the, uh... usual way, I guess.

[The lack of glasses, is what he means.]

[agoodname]

"The usual w--ah. Your glasses. Unfortunately those got a bit smashed, but we're working on getting you a replacement pair."

[enigmaster]

Oh. Right... [That's unfortunate. It makes sense, of course. He got a bit smashes himself, as well, and there's no reason glass would fare any better.] Right, I took them off for a second, just before... [Just before the moonshot.]

[agoodname]

"We'll get you some new ones as soon as possible."

[Lee pauses a moment--it's a crapshoot how much he'll remember after this wears off more fully, but to have him panic later would also be bad and finally there is absolutely nothing online that says when doctors tell amputees that they've lost a limb which is super annoying so we're all just flying by the seat of our pants here

including Lee.]

"That's not the only issue, however."

[enigmaster]

Hm... [That's his response to the first part and he can feel his attention slipping slightly, until Lee continues. At which point he blinks, shifting his head again a little. Issue. That's vague.] ...What else, then...?

[agoodname]

"You didn't come out of this situation unscathed either. Which might be obvious, considering where you are, but I'll be more specific. You were very badly injured, and it's honestly a miracle you survived at all. You alive, obviously, and we're going to do everything we can to keep you that way, however you lost both an eye and an arm."

[enigmaster]

[Edward... blinks, at that. He's staring, a little, and his mind somehow manages to process this even more slowly than it's already processing everything in general. He hears the words fine, it just takes a bit to actually reach him. And when it does, it's like it all just hits a wall. Somehow, it just doesn't make sense to him, in the moment.] ...What?

[agoodname]

"You lost an arm and an eye in the attack, Edward." [restated, calmly and sympathetically]

[enigmaster]

[He tries to turn his head to look, only to realize that... he can't even really see that side of his body much. Almost like he has a blind spot. That realization makes him go pale and he moves his hand up to his face, to his right eye. All bandaged up, of course.] ...Oh. [His voice is soft and... a little hollow.]

[agoodname]

"I'm so sorry." [her lips press together a bit] "When you're more lucid, we'll talk about it again, and we can discuss prosthetic options."

[enigmaster]

Um... [Edward swallows and rubs at his good eye for a moment. Prosthetic options. Hearing that makes it sound so real and that feels strange, because it doesn't feel real. He should... He should be able to feel this, shouldn't he? To just know what's missing? But other than the numb feeling of the painkillers, his right side doesn't feel that strange. A little off, maybe. It feels like his arm should be there. ...He doesn't try to angle his head more to look. Quite the opposite, he turns his head away from that side.] ...Right. Yeah. [He lets out a very tired sounding breath.] S-Sure... [This is going to be something to process and, god, he can't do that right now... He's in no state for it.]

[agoodname]

"I'm sorry, Edward. I know it's a lot. Why don't you try and rest some more, and we can speak again when you've slept. Your body really needs the rest, as it is."

[enigmaster]

...Yeah. That's... probably better, I guess... [Things he's not prepared to handle right now: any of this.]

[agoodname]

"It'll take time and baby steps. This is the first one, I'm afraid, and it takes several steps to get through."

[enigmaster]

Right... Mhm. [He's zoning out a little again.]

[agoodname]

[that's...not necessarily a bad thing. he is on a lot of painkillers atm, even though they're starting to ween him off of them.]

"I'll be back a bit later to check in."

[enigmaster]

Mmm... [It's hard to tell if he really heard her or not. His attention is slipping, kind of, which is. Definitely the painkillers, yeah. Everything's kind of blurring together.]

[agoodname]

[they tend to do that. The next time Edward wakes up, he'll feel a touch more lucid. Like Lee said: baby steps]

[enigmaster]

[He sure does feel more lucid! Lucid enough that... the feeling of the painkillers messing up his head is starting to bother him a bit. He groans a little, putting his hand up to his forehead. Which... kind of blocks his vision since he can only see out the one eye right now, but. Hell, his head feels like a mess.]

[agoodname]

[it sure does! It's not a great feeling--like trying to fight through cotton to get any thought to go. When he does try finally giving his room a look around when he's half lucid, he'll find an absence of Serena, and instead find... Oswald. It might be night, which explains why the shades are drawn and moreover, why Oswald is asleep in the chair he's sitting in. He's hunched over a bit oddly, elbow on the arm rest, cheek in his hand, if not asleep then definitely dozing.]