Jude
At six o’clock, my alarm goes off. I’m jolted out of a sound asleep. I shoot up and look at the clock, struggling for a moment to determine if it's six in the morning or six at night.
‘Night,’ Saggio says sleepily, stretching in my mind.
‘How do you feel, Sag?’ I ask.
‘Great. Your shoulder is healed and I’m back to full strength.’
I move my shoulder, then swing my arm around. Perfect!
‘Thanks, Buddy!’
‘For future reference, we should listen to Sanatrix. I don’t like getting put on forced rest, but she was right, we needed it.’
‘Noted.’
I get in the shower and quickly bathe. When I check my phone, Wendy has already texted me.
Wendy: You up yet?
Rather than text, I call her.
“Hey, welcome back to the land of the living," she answers.
"Thanks. Where are you?”
“We’re still
