The man was dressed in all white and would have cute a clean figure. But he was covered in blood. Lots of it. His arms, hands, and chest were all crimson. But it was not from a murder.
The man had just delivered a new born into the world and the hyur was grinning like a fool, his bearded face taking on a kind expression as he heard the babies cry silence into sleep. The babe was a healthy girl and both mother and child slept as the doctor collected his belongings and lefts the room, his bag in hand.Â
He stepped out of the hut at the edge of the water. The gathered family looked at him and the hyur smiled and nodded.
"It's a girl and she will live. Both of them." An excited cheer went up from the crowd and several people walked forward to thank him. When the doctor had arrived, the woman had been with complications. The child had tried to come out feet first. But the doctor had managed with his skills, to change the babes course and save the mother.
All in all the hyur was pleased.
He quietly excused himself and began walking away from the crowd after he gave them instructions on how to treat the woman. They already knew, he assumed. Children were spawned like flies here in this part of the land. But no matter.
The road back to his home followed the ocean and he had made a good deal of progress before he suddenly stopped as a black raven flew down, dropped a scroll off before him and took to the sky.
The doctor blinked behind his glasses at the spectacle and, after a moment of indecision, picked up the letter. He looked around and, with bloody hands, unrolled the letter.
He read the first four lines and then hurled the document away from him before he looked at the raven that was staring at him with glowing red eye from a nearby branch.
"Hello, Doctor." the bird cawed.
The hyur turned and ran.
The man had just delivered a new born into the world and the hyur was grinning like a fool, his bearded face taking on a kind expression as he heard the babies cry silence into sleep. The babe was a healthy girl and both mother and child slept as the doctor collected his belongings and lefts the room, his bag in hand.Â
He stepped out of the hut at the edge of the water. The gathered family looked at him and the hyur smiled and nodded.
"It's a girl and she will live. Both of them." An excited cheer went up from the crowd and several people walked forward to thank him. When the doctor had arrived, the woman had been with complications. The child had tried to come out feet first. But the doctor had managed with his skills, to change the babes course and save the mother.
All in all the hyur was pleased.
He quietly excused himself and began walking away from the crowd after he gave them instructions on how to treat the woman. They already knew, he assumed. Children were spawned like flies here in this part of the land. But no matter.
The road back to his home followed the ocean and he had made a good deal of progress before he suddenly stopped as a black raven flew down, dropped a scroll off before him and took to the sky.
The doctor blinked behind his glasses at the spectacle and, after a moment of indecision, picked up the letter. He looked around and, with bloody hands, unrolled the letter.
He read the first four lines and then hurled the document away from him before he looked at the raven that was staring at him with glowing red eye from a nearby branch.
"Hello, Doctor." the bird cawed.
The hyur turned and ran.
