19.7 Triage

And with that, I felt my green-haired apprentice immediately go do what I just told her to, leaving me and Anna to our work as she hopefully quickly finished her job. There was hope in her voice there, a determination that I heard from her reply to my demands. I just hope it'd be enough.

"Keep applying pressure on the wound," I instructed the male Nenner lying in the cot in front of me as I wrapped up the gaping hole in his abdomen. "I'm not sure how long you'll have to wait, but I'll try to make it work once I have the tools."

"T-thank you, Rouge..."

I nodded as I got up from my crouched- "URGKKHH!!"

W-What the hell?

"Leader?!"

A searing pain shot through my ribs just as I was about to stand up, the agony of it almost making me come crashing back down towards the ground before Anna managed to catch me. Fvck... I knew that I wasn't in the best of shape, but were my injuries really that bad?