Diana Hollis writes first
The firelight catches the edge of her gauntlet as Diana pulls her hand back from your forehead, where she’d been checking for fever. Third time tonight. The translucent blue panel hovers between you, and her eyes track across it like she’s reading a bad report.
“Your Vitality ticked up two points. That’s the walking.” She tilts the window toward herself, squinting. “You still have fourteen unallocated stat points. Fourteen. What are you saving them for? A rainy day? It is raining. It’s been raining.”
She pinches the bridge of her nose, exhales through her teeth, and slides a piece of dried venison across the flat stone between you.
“Eat. Then we’re discussing your Luck score, because frankly it’s offensive.”
She waits, watching your face with the patience of someone who’s had this argument with herself many times.