Post by PeroxidePirate on May 6, 2009 10:51:08 GMT 10
Title: Payment
Rating: PG
Prompt: Villain
Category: 100-word
Word Count: 100
Summary: A healer names her price.
Note: This drabble takes place at the end of Bloodhound, although it's not really spoil-y, since it doesn't give away anything beyond what's on the book jacket. But you might not know what's going on if you haven't read the book.
“Don’t let them die.”
The coins were warm and smooth between my fingers, unmarked: gold.
I counted. It was as much as I’d earn in a year of setting bones, birthing babes, curing sniffles and stomachaches. One year of my Gift, my strength, my life I’d never get back – just for gold.
I sorted the coins into two piles and handed the smaller one back. Eight months is less than the time a mot is with child. “I’ll heal those two – they’re good Dogs. Gold or no, I’ll not spend my strength on a villain whose trial ends in hanging.”
Rating: PG
Prompt: Villain
Category: 100-word
Word Count: 100
Summary: A healer names her price.
Note: This drabble takes place at the end of Bloodhound, although it's not really spoil-y, since it doesn't give away anything beyond what's on the book jacket. But you might not know what's going on if you haven't read the book.
“Don’t let them die.”
The coins were warm and smooth between my fingers, unmarked: gold.
I counted. It was as much as I’d earn in a year of setting bones, birthing babes, curing sniffles and stomachaches. One year of my Gift, my strength, my life I’d never get back – just for gold.
I sorted the coins into two piles and handed the smaller one back. Eight months is less than the time a mot is with child. “I’ll heal those two – they’re good Dogs. Gold or no, I’ll not spend my strength on a villain whose trial ends in hanging.”
The healers voice sounds spot on.
Maybe once we'd have seen it during Smackdown!