This will be hard to bear without stopping, but he will manage it. He can do no less.
Step by step, trying to keep a normal pace, but he's still unsteady. Off balance, with the damage to his wing, and he doesn't have adrenaline pushing him on. Only the simple desire to get out of the hospital and into somewhere at least a little less clinical.
He can't quite delude himself into thinking he's going back to Baker Street-- his wings ruffle excitedly at the sheer thought-- but he can hope it's better than this place.]
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This will be hard to bear without stopping, but he will manage it. He can do no less.
Step by step, trying to keep a normal pace, but he's still unsteady. Off balance, with the damage to his wing, and he doesn't have adrenaline pushing him on. Only the simple desire to get out of the hospital and into somewhere at least a little less clinical.
He can't quite delude himself into thinking he's going back to Baker Street-- his wings ruffle excitedly at the sheer thought-- but he can hope it's better than this place.]
Twenty miles across, then.