Location: Luminari Pavilion - Recovery Wing | Doha (Lower Realm)
Time: Days 460-467, Morning through Week's End
Morning light filtered through crystalline walls that didn't quite follow normal physics. Soft. Warm. Nothing like the harsh forest canopy or the cold stone of slave quarters.
Jayde's eyes opened slowly, consciousness returning in gentle waves instead of the usual sharp snap to alertness.
Environmental assessment: Safe. Location confirmed as Pavilion recovery wing. Vital signs stable. Pain levels manageable.
(Everything hurts. But... different. Better.)
She tried sitting up—carefully this time—and her ribs only protested instead of screaming. Green's healing was thorough. Three days since the pride confrontation, and already she could move without wanting to die.
Warm weight pressed against her side.
Reiko.
