I know... I've got you here... he thought, but the words were too much to form aloud.
Try as he might, Aligoté still felt consciousness slipping away from him, and there was nothing he could do to retain it any longer. The tension slid from him as he went slack in Khrista's arms, although he appeared to be having no more trouble breathing.
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Merlot felt herself go cold when Stanice said it was her father, and her heartbeat seemed too loud in her ears, all groceries and shopping forgotten in an instant.
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While in reality the doctor arrived in mere minutes, it must have seemed like an eternity to Khrista. The doctor, a man named Eaghan, had come to Surferio within the last few years. While he was young, he was eager and knowledgeable, and people liked him.
"Don't worry Khrista, we'll take a look at your dad," he assured the teen, gently guiding her to release Aligoté so he was laying flat on the floor again, and shaking out his stethoscope. "Can you tell me what happened?"
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Try as he might, Aligoté still felt consciousness slipping away from him, and there was nothing he could do to retain it any longer. The tension slid from him as he went slack in Khrista's arms, although he appeared to be having no more trouble breathing.
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Merlot felt herself go cold when Stanice said it was her father, and her heartbeat seemed too loud in her ears, all groceries and shopping forgotten in an instant.
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While in reality the doctor arrived in mere minutes, it must have seemed like an eternity to Khrista. The doctor, a man named Eaghan, had come to Surferio within the last few years. While he was young, he was eager and knowledgeable, and people liked him.
"Don't worry Khrista, we'll take a look at your dad," he assured the teen, gently guiding her to release Aligoté so he was laying flat on the floor again, and shaking out his stethoscope. "Can you tell me what happened?"