Droplets of water plunked loudly against the plastic around my cast, turning my attention toward the bandaged abomination. All things considered, it didn’t look nearly as bad as it could’ve. Nurse Aurora even said there’d hardly be a scar, given she’d had time to work her literal magic on it.
“I should be way more terrified of this.” I frowned, leaning against the shower wall as water poured down my face. “I could’ve lost my whole arm. Or worse.”
Saying it out loud didn’t make me feel any more scared, though. It wasn’t that I felt a lack of self-preservation, but this just felt like another hazard of life to deal with. Like the risk of getting hit by a car. Or food poisoning.
“I must’ve hit my head harder than I thought.”
As much as I wanted to sit in the shower forever, the day wo
