[HG-PBEM] Re: Atop the Bulwark
- From: "Grizzly" <irongrizzly@xxxxxxxxxx>
- To: <apaworks@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
- Date: Fri, 18 Apr 2003 01:21:56 -0400
> "I was racing during the War of the Alliance, kid. Compared to me, you're
> an infant in diapers!" grinned Shamus wryly.
>
> [snip]
> > >Juliette glanced at the scars on Shamus' head as she
> > >thought about the upcoming race. This was obviously a
> > >dangerous profession she was embarking on. "What happened?"
> > >she asked plainly, cocking her head as she examined the
> > >man's scalp.
> > >
> > >Billy, who had followed Lemanz's gaze, echoed her same query. "Yeah, I
> >was
> > >curious about the same thing. What happened?"
> >
> >"I guess that makes three of us." Keavy added and then took a sip of her
> >cawfee.
>
> Shamus looked at Keavy strangely. "I thought you'd have known all about
> that, as a fan."
Keavy brushed a loose hair out of her face. "Actually I bought the issue of
Racing Gear that had the story of your accident in it. The pictures were
spectacular, in a bad way. I just wanted to hear you tell it. I mean there
were rumours that you were trying some insurance scam. I didn't beleive it
of course." She paused realizing that she was on the verge of babbling
again. "Sorry. Go on."
> "I fell down," he said simply. He took a deep breath before launching
into
> his explanation. "Only I was going over 75 KPH at the time, heading into
a
> hairpin turn. And then I burst into flames. It took ten minutes for the
> crash crew to saw me out of the wreckage of my Paxton Pitbull. My head
had
> been cracked open pretty good, which is why I'm so handsome now, and my
> lower body had been completely crushed. My legs were damaged beyond
repair;
> the pegs you see me standing on now are regrown replacements."
>
> He took another breath. "My spine was severed in three places. The money
> ran out pretty quick, and since I couldn't afford a real one, I had to
have
> a cyberspine put in." He jerked a thumb at his lower back, indicating the
> strange angular bulges under his shirt. "It ain't pretty to look at, but
on
> the up side I now have really great posture."
>
> He ended with a half shrug. "My recovery kept me out of the game for
> awhile."
"And after all that, you're back in the saddle." Keavy chirped in. "Putting
the injuries of the past behind you as you blaze a new legend."
Griz
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