Chapter Twenty-One
By the time any eyes were opened within the cabin, or any abnormally peaceful periods of sleep were disrupted, the sun was stretched high above the horizon and had begun streaking through the grimy, dirt and grease stained window enough to illuminate the large room like the eye of a god peering in on the two of them. Groaning as he stirred slowly awake, Captain Elric Fractum was brought somewhat back into reality- but almost immediately fought against the need to rise from his bed by hauling his own weight closer to the mysterious warmth. He just wanted to sleep a little longer, as it was the first time in a while that he'd not had a nightmare and had just slept in a warm, empty abyss. Yet, with his head throbbing and trying to provoke its way into getting his attention, Elric turned to a
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