Chapter 26 – New Plans
“Let's stop for a moment,” Kajora said. “I want to look at your wounds and change your bandages.” She removed her pack and began fishing around in it.
Jerry stopped and sat on the trail with a soft crunch of pine needles. He removed his pack, unzipped his coveralls and pushed them down to his waist, and then pulled his undershirt over his head with a grunt of pain. The pills kept the aches and burns and itches at a tolerable level, but he still felt like a shattered wreck of a man.
Kajora fastened a headlamp to her forehead and switched it on, dazzling Jerry's eyes for a moment. She positioned herself behind him, peeled the bandage away from the back of his shoulder, and examined the cut he took at the jamming facility. She prodded his skin carefully with her fing
