Finishing the quick conversation with Neely, Liana turned her whole attention to Jaquan.\u00a0 She watched as he struggled with the oversized bundle on his shoulders.\u00a0 Every bit of motion challenged all of his strength and focus.\u00a0 She had barely seen him take five tiny steps into the light.\u00a0 Already, he was sweating.\u00a0 It would be a wonder if he made it to the street.<\/p>\n
The whole dilemma brought back memories of the time before he was a household name.\u00a0 Just as before, she knew better than to even offer any help.\u00a0 He wanted and needed to earn this victory for himself.\u00a0 All she could do was offer advice.<\/p>\n
After giving the update on Neely and Catlin she said as much as she could in offering help, \u201cYou should slow down a bit.\u00a0 You won\u2019t gain anything if you hurt yourself.\u201d\u00a0 In all honesty, she could carry the load herself.\u00a0 Little would trouble her other than balance.\u00a0 Her advanced Mech suit ridiculously increased her strength, was made of plated compressed metal, and flew.<\/p>\n
After a few minutes Jaquan miraculously reached the curb.\u00a0 He stood as strong as he could pretending not to be completely exhausted.\u00a0 He wasn\u2019t convincing.\u00a0 \u201cI\u2019m\u2026 fine,\u201d he heaved breath as he spoke.\u00a0 Setting \u201cthe pack\u201d down was more of a challenge than picking it up.\u00a0 He fell backwards in the attempt.\u00a0 Getting back up, he rubbed his shoulder, \u201cMight need a heal later though.\u201d<\/p>\n
\u201cI gotchu,\u201d Justice offered with no hesitation.<\/p>\n
Liana was surprised at the speed of his comment.\u00a0 Even more so when she remembered that Justice did not use the healing talents; Jaquan did.\u00a0 Liana decided against commenting on the issue.\u00a0 Instead, she made a note of it in her suit\u2019s computer.\u00a0 A few seconds later, she called for the cab to take them to the caravan.\u00a0 They\u2019d be leaving the city soon<\/p>\n
——-<\/p>\n
Bome Castle Hospital:<\/p>\n
Finally, he had the release forms.\u00a0 He grabbed a pen immediately.\u00a0 He was standing and walking on his own power quite easily for the last ten minutes.\u00a0 The staff should have had the papers waiting for him at the front desk.\u00a0 He had more important things to do than waste precious time.\u00a0 Perhaps if he did a subtle<\/em> story on this hospital\u2019s efficiency they would make changes.<\/p>\n His rushed signature looked more like a looping lasso than a name, but whatever.\u00a0 They all knew who he was.\u00a0 He didn\u2019t stop to chat on his way out either.\u00a0 There was too much for Ace Reporter Duard Ban to do.<\/p>\n The staff had kept him there for almost an entre\u00a0day.\u00a0 Granted he needed a carrier droid to get there.\u00a0 Still their service was the worst he had received in a while.<\/p>\n Cracked ribs, crushed wing joints, and cracked shoulder blades.\u00a0 Bome Castle\u2019s hospital had completely healed it all with a day\u2019s rest.\u00a0 Still, South Coast could do the same in an hour or so.\u00a0 Technology of the day was amazing for those that could afford the treatment.<\/p>\n Duard had the gold.\u00a0 Now, if only Bome Castle could improve their methods and efficiency a bit.\u00a0 It made better sense if all healing facilities were up to about the same level.\u00a0 But, what could he expect from these developing kingdoms.<\/p>\n More importantly, he was now free of the hospital.\u00a0 Duard had to get back on the trail of that ruffian that which landed him in there in the first place.\u00a0 Never had he experienced such disrespect.<\/p>\n A scowl enveloped his face at the very thought of the man. \u00a0That son of a rat step on me!\u00a0 I\u2019ll drag his name through catfish infested water!<\/em>\u00a0 He could and he would, with little trouble. \u00a0Ban had led to the demise of more important people than Jaquan Zu.<\/p>\n #1<\/a> – Opportunity #33<\/a>\u00a0– Opportunity #35<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":" Finishing the quick conversation with Neely, Liana turned her whole attention to Jaquan.\u00a0 She watched as he struggled with the oversized bundle on his shoulders.\u00a0 Every bit of motion challenged all of his strength and focus.\u00a0 She had barely seen him take five tiny steps into the light.\u00a0 Already, he was sweating.\u00a0 It would be […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[1],"tags":[57,3,60,21,34,24,20,170],"class_list":["post-761","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-uncategorized","tag-bome-castle","tag-champions-of-battle","tag-duard-ban","tag-jaquan-zu","tag-justice-he","tag-liana-hu","tag-the-very-best","tag-uncategorized"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/sonsofsword.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/761","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/sonsofsword.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/sonsofsword.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/sonsofsword.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/sonsofsword.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=761"}],"version-history":[{"count":6,"href":"https:\/\/sonsofsword.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/761\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":830,"href":"https:\/\/sonsofsword.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/761\/revisions\/830"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/sonsofsword.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=761"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/sonsofsword.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=761"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/sonsofsword.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=761"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}