IN THE HOSPITAL, ANDY and Banjo were given a battery of tests and scans. Hours later, their attending doctor pronounced them to be ‘in satisfactory condition’, meaning vital signs were stable and within normal limits. However, they had multiple injuries: open scalp wound, black eyes, loose teeth, split lips, dislocated shoulders, various lacerations, bruising and dehydration. Despite their injuries, the doctor quipped that he expected them to be a handful in no time.
Andy was sleeping when Mary arrived. She gazed at the daughter she could hardly recognise; she was so alien looking. Tears flowed freely again, dripping onto her daughter’s blanket. She didn’t know where to begin to inventory Andy’s injuries. Her eyes were puffy, the skin around them was discoloured, her cheeks had deep dark
