Back on Track

[Saerieve]

Sitting on the floor in the dim room with his back against the wall, slowly pulling his fingers across the half-healed wounds on his wrist, he was trying to think about literally nothing as his mind randomly drifted off to faraway places and fade memories. During the past weeks, since he had been released from Ryuku medical wing, he had done nothing but to sit in a corner and let his mind wander off, as if he was partially paralyzed. It's been nearly two month since the last time he was in space, his Katana undergoing usual maintenance in the hangars, but never taking off. It was as if both the ship and the master were no more.

His solitude was interrupted as he heard a knock on the door, followed by a familiar female voice saying "Saerieve... There's someone here to meet you". Raising his head numbly, he stared at the shadow of two sets of legs behind the door, and weakly yelled.

"Tell him to get lost, whoever it is..."

After a short pause, he heard the woman again. "But, it's Shogun Dato from Kyoto himself". Lighty bashing the back of his head to the wall behind him, he told himself after a fade grunt as he struggled to get off the floor to open the door.

'Frack him...'

Then pulling his feet on the floor he walked to the door, and opened it after narrowing his eyes because he knew the light from corridor would hurt his eyes again. Then without paying slightest of attention to what was going on outside, or without inviting in neither of the two on the other side of the door, he walked back to the same corner of the room - kicking an empty bottle of wine aside on his way - and collapsed on the floor again, leaning his head toward the wall with his eyes closed.

"I'm listening.... and close the damn door, the light's hurting my eyes."

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