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Wayward Page 11
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Wayward Page 11

on July 6, 2013
Chapter: Book 5: Wayward
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  1. Ben
    Ben
    July 6, 2013, 1:24 am | # | Reply

    He said:

    “If you could distract him a little longer, I’d be much obliged. One of our other something something out last night.”

    • SquallLion
      SquallLion
      March 17, 2015, 12:07 pm | # | Reply

      Thank you.

  2. Bartimaeus
    Bartimaeus
    July 6, 2013, 1:56 am | # | Reply

    The whisper sez:
    “If you could distract him a little longer I’d be much obliged. One of our other (patients?) ???ed out last night.”

  3. SamuelAdamsH
    SamuelAdamsH
    July 6, 2013, 2:57 am | # | Reply

    …guests checked out last night.

  4. Trisscar
    Trisscar
    July 6, 2013, 7:19 am | # | Reply

    How are people reading that? I even have a magnifier built into my mouse and all I get is illegible pixels…. ;P

    • Ben
      Ben
      July 6, 2013, 7:43 am | # | Reply

      Beats me! I meant for it to be illegible. šŸ˜‰

      • dredogastus f
        dredogastus f
        July 6, 2013, 12:01 pm | # | Reply

        Like seeing things in the random shapes of clouds. There is a part of the mind that tries to fit known ideas to incomplete pictures/ information.

        The readers know that doc is telling Hunter something he does not want Jonah to know. The town is full of critically ill people. Some are likely to die. IMO most of us were pleased to see the dangerous Mr. Hunter cheering up sick young man. Mix with rabid eagerness to know what’s next. Sprinkle with half legible letter shapes and , Voila’.

        • Zonk
          Zonk
          July 8, 2013, 12:05 pm | # | Reply

          Hmm, now I’m hungry … for adventure!

  5. Michael Corley
    Michael Corley
    July 6, 2013, 7:41 am | # | Reply

    There are many kinds of magic. Making a sick child forget he is sick is one of the greatest.

    • PantherScott
      PantherScott
      July 6, 2013, 11:34 am | # | Reply

      And some magic is reading print so tiny that you need a microscope to read it.

  6. Ben
    Ben
    July 6, 2013, 12:26 pm | # | Reply

    I think the last two lines read, “. . . boy’s life ran out last night.”

  7. Piripero
    Piripero
    July 6, 2013, 1:24 pm | # | Reply

    Speaking of magic… that deck of cards isn’t the only thing turning invisible around here. Interesting that Hunter is willing to show the ring to Jonah, but not Doc Faraday. So that’s two things (both made of gold) that Hunter has concealed, via his left hand, from the Doc. Guessing he had the ring on while comforting Jonah because it reminded him of a similar experience from his past.

    • Sulucamas
      Sulucamas
      July 7, 2013, 1:49 pm | # | Reply

      Oooo, intriguing! I want to say he was just safe-keeping the watch, but maybe he just doesn’t want to have to talk about the ring with someone who’d ask?

      • Jay D
        Jay D
        July 17, 2013, 5:04 am | # | Reply

        Who says he’s doing it consciously, or even that it’s him doing it at all?

        We’ve seen plenty of proof that magic acts in very mysterious ways, after all.[/devilsadvocate]

    • Lleyn
      Lleyn
      July 11, 2013, 4:02 am | # | Reply

      I did not notice Hunter taking off his ring or hiding it from the Doc, where was that? I also thought he just held onto the watch, his most precious possession, because Doc had to get rid of the torn vest. What I found more noticeable, is that Hunter’s arm seems to be completely healed (waving it around in front of Jonah, out of the sling), yet as soon as the Doc appears, it goes back into the sling. Of course, Doc would have some questions to ask about those remarkable healing abilities.

  8. jsfury
    jsfury
    July 6, 2013, 9:25 pm | # | Reply

    Erin, I don’t have an electron microscope. Please stop that. Thank you.

    • Ben
      Ben
      July 12, 2013, 10:04 pm | # | Reply

      Well I’m glad someone doesn’t; it wasn’t meant to be readable, but we’ve got all these CSIs magnifying and enhancing all up in….

      • Jenthura
        Jenthura
        July 13, 2013, 12:32 pm | # | Reply

        We’re on mobile. We can zoom in really far.

  9. Lgpultz
    Lgpultz
    July 7, 2013, 8:56 pm | # | Reply

    “If you could distract him a little longer, I’d be much obliged. One of our other patients checked out last night.ā€

  10. wr4ith0
    wr4ith0
    July 10, 2013, 7:18 pm | # | Reply

    and the doc’s sick too…

  11. Melynda
    Melynda
    July 11, 2013, 2:19 am | # | Reply

    Yep, Doc’s not lookin’ too well.

  12. Lleyn
    Lleyn
    July 11, 2013, 3:59 am | # | Reply

    I think Doc’s already had the fever and survived, the marks on his face like pockmarks that are the leftover indication of the illness (after the bloody pustules are healed). But I could be completely wrong and they are an indication of the early stages of the illness. At any rate, Doc’s showing remarkable dedication.

    • Ben
      Ben
      July 12, 2013, 10:03 pm | # | Reply

      (I don’t feel like I’m spoiling anything verifying that you’ve got the right of it.)

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