KATO WAS IN ROUGH SHAPE, but most of the damage was superficial, thankfully. I cleaned him up and used a burn cream for the places where the electrical cords had been placed on his skin. I also checked over his other, previous wounds to make sure they hadn’t reopened. After cleaning them and restitching a couple, I finally just let him be to rest.
I told him while he was still conscious that he should stop being such a pain and just go to the hospital. He laughed at me and told me to go to Pearce, that he could use a good stripper nurse.
I rolled my eyes at him and left.
Pearce was upstairs in his room. Hesitating only a moment, I tentatively knocked on the door and waited. A second later, Pearce’s deep, rough voice came through the wood. “Come in.”
I pushed open the door and stepped i
