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Ancalagon: Chapter Twenty-eight by Cia Nordwell
Something didn’t feel right. My mouth was gummy, and I’d kill for a glass of water. I cracked my eyes open, but they were crusted over and blurry. “Waaa.” Oh stars, it really was dry.
“Essell? Can you open your eyes?”
“Nuuh.” I shook my head a tiny bit side to side. “Waat.” The word came out in a long exhale. I groaned, “Er.”
“Get him a drink.”
“Water?”
“No, he needs the nutrient fluid.”
If I could have wrinkled my nose, I would have. Nutrient fluid? That sounded awful.
It was. It so was. The fluid was thick, trickled
