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As soon as Yuki left, Brian headed inside to scoff food, glug water, get a proper shower, and clean himself up. In the shower, he removed the IV. It stung like hell and there was a not insubstantial amount of blood. The crook of his elbow and forearm were severely bruised, splotches of yellow in the purple and black. Brian bandaged up the wound and popped back a couple of paracetamols to ease the pain. After everything he’d endured, he’d need something much stronger than paracetamol to straighten himself out in the long run. Brian intended to make good on his promise to Helen to check into A&E and even looked up the nearest hospital on his now partially-charged mobile phone. But before A&E, before anything else, he was heading back to the house where he’d first encountered Ted. The fac
