David awoke a little while after he passed out from loss of blood.  Under 
the care of D'ssarian, he was feeling better, and the gash on his
shoulder had been stitched up.  As for the time being, the pain killers 
were feeling mighty good.  Drinking another glass of water, he saw Z'lec 
walk into the center.  'I suppoose he wants a report?' David asked 
Raynod.  This telepathy just keeps getting more handy. 
*Yes, and he isn't in a good mood, either...* was the responce, and David 
gave the wingleader a smile as he sat down beside the bed.

"How are you feeling?" Z'lec asked David, looking at his bandaged 
shoulder and the treated burns on his body.  

David shrugged and drank some more water.  "I can't feel much... pain 
killers." He said as if that answered all questions.  "I lost alot o'blood."

"I need a report on what happened." The wingleader said, his face giving 
a neutral look, but David could see the little tugs of his muscles as if 
there were alot of stress on his mind.  

David began with when he left the warren after Minty.  "I figured since I 
hadn't been assigned to a wing yet, I might as well get them back here.  
But Minty and Zena wouldn't leave without Diana, so I decided to get her 
myself...."  The rest of the story followed suit, David telling about the 
strange sword <which happened to be propped up against the bed>, the 
amulet, and the odd wraith with a human form.  After he finished, Z'lec 
looked even more unhappy than he had when he came in.  "Raynod says that 
ye be stressing..." He added, not wanting Z'lec to know he could see it 
openly.  

The wingleader seemed shocked when told this, but remembered David was a 
telepath.  "I have a right to be stressed.  We'll talk later after you 
recover."  With a nod, Z'lec left the building.  David wondered what sort 
of things Z'lec had to talk about.

Closeing his eyes, David took advantage of the small high the drugs 
gave.  It was good just to lay down and rest.  After a while, David heard 
footsteps coming his way.  He didn't open his eyes, because he didn't 
have to.  He knew who it was by the intoxicating sent he had come to 
identify Minty with, some kind of soap she used when she bathed.  The 
footsteps stopped by the foot of the bed.  

She might think he was asleep, and was probably worried.  He must look a 
mess with all those bandages everywhere.  "I'm awake love." David said, 
and could hear a soft curse come from her lips.  She still didn't 
understand how heightened his senses were....  

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	  Justin
      /\     /^---_---^\     /\     "Pain?  What do you know of pain?  I've
     /  \    > |_\ /_| <    /  \     experienced anguish at the molecular
    /    \   |         |   /    \    level.  Let me show you what it's like."
   /      \   \  o o  /   /      \  "Dragons exist my friend, for the sheer
  /        \  |\_____/|  /        \  fact that in all cultures they are
 |          \ | \/ \/ | /          | present, weather separated by land
     ----------       ----------     sea or air."----  Justin Almeida