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Markus didn't see the head shake, or hear the quiet apology. Eva did, though, peering over her daddy's shoulder. She pouted at the male on the floor, and spoke up, quite loudly, Mis'er Thom-Thom come. Fall down go boom. Her voice was matter-of-fact, and it made Markus pause, because there was also a hint of accusation in her tone. Yes, Eva had learned much from her father; and it was that that made Markus turn around and set her down, murmuring under his breath to find running water. Eva gave him a bewildered look, perhaps wondering how water could run, and then set off, hopefully to find a river or stream.
Markus picked up the dirty, bloody bandage, and balled it up, dropping gracelessly to the ground and sitting Indian-style across from Thomas. Markus watched him, though his glazed eyes looked at and past him at the same time, and it was a long moment before he decided to speak. I might have asked. It was an admission of a mistake, almost an apology, and he focused his gaze on Thom for a brief moment before dropping his gaze to the bandage, stretching it out and grimacing at the grisly look of the thing.
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