Daniel groaned, head lolling on the slope. Disturbed by the motion, a few coins slipped and slid down like grains of sand. Awareness rushed back. His face stung. The room swam into a blur but didn't get much better. It took him a second to realize why. His glasses were missing. The frames must’ve been ruined in the fall. Some of the glass shattered, which explained why his face hurt. A few fragments had embedded themselves in his skin. Daniel reached up to try to pull them out. His hand didn’t lift. He tried again, but could only barely lift his head to see that his arms weren’t actually broken. They looked...fine. They didn’t even hurt. Pulling himself up did nothing. His legs wouldn’t respond.
“I can’t...” Daniel considered his next words very carefully. “I can’t move my legs.”
Couldn’t move them, more like he couldn’t even feel them. Daniel was incredibly proud he managed to keep his voice steady. The first read implied they were just broken. He needed Eva to keep calm and go get help, do something other than panicking, because he had that base pretty much covered. It started to churn his gut, threatened to close off his throat. He couldn’t feel his hands, couldn’t feel anything past his collar bone. Daniel wasn’t a medical doctor. Not by a long shot, but if he had to guess, he had a major spinal injury. Paralyzed from the neck down, Stacy, they had Stacy, she had to have something onboard, this wasn’t permanent. She was an alien ship with an incredibly advanced medical bay with all kinds of technology that put Earth's best medicine to shame. There had to be something- But who was he kidding, this was desperation talking.
Other than the spinal injury, on the plus side, he didn't think he'd completely cracked his head open.
"Go find Eneesh or any of the others. Don't try to climb down."
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“I can’t...” Daniel considered his next words very carefully. “I can’t move my legs.”
Couldn’t move them, more like he couldn’t even feel them. Daniel was incredibly proud he managed to keep his voice steady. The first read implied they were just broken. He needed Eva to keep calm and go get help, do something other than panicking, because he had that base pretty much covered. It started to churn his gut, threatened to close off his throat. He couldn’t feel his hands, couldn’t feel anything past his collar bone. Daniel wasn’t a medical doctor. Not by a long shot, but if he had to guess, he had a major spinal injury. Paralyzed from the neck down, Stacy, they had Stacy, she had to have something onboard, this wasn’t permanent. She was an alien ship with an incredibly advanced medical bay with all kinds of technology that put Earth's best medicine to shame. There had to be something- But who was he kidding, this was desperation talking.
Other than the spinal injury, on the plus side, he didn't think he'd completely cracked his head open.
"Go find Eneesh or any of the others. Don't try to climb down."