Don't Eat the Maggots

"What?" I croaked. I'd tried to speak, silly me, given the damages I had suffered. "What happened?"

Nobody answered me, or told me to shut up, or even acknowledged that I was laying about in the sun.

Memories gradually returned. Something about standing up, and staying up, and some idiot calling for full release of his pain rod.

Oh, he'd knocked me out cold, and done enough subdual damage that it overflowed. Not only had it knocked me out, it had done actual health damage as well.

[You have 96/120 health remaining.]

Wait, only 120 health again? How long was I unconscious?

[Your most recent period of unconsciousness was 3 hours 22 minutes and 18 seconds. To track fractions of a second, focus here to purchase..]

<Dismiss message.>

Raising a hand to the injured side of my face revealed a texture like that of raw sausage. I rolled onto my left side, the uninjured side.

I reached for a bandage...

Nothing.