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SOMEWHERE CLOSE THE SWAMPLANDS
Maki crawled his way to a nearby rock and slumped against it, cursing to himself. Somehow, his leg got caught on something, whether it be weeds or the jaws of a lesser creature, he didn’t know, but after he tripped and fell a rock fell on his leg and it was not in best shape. “That was so foolish, getting myself injured to this extent. I’ll just… rest here for a bit, I suppose”. Placing his blade next to his right arm and slinging his arm around it, he whispered, “Kina’s gonna fucking kill me…”. Maki tried to stay conscious for as long as possible, before inevitably failing and going unconscious.
A FEW HOURS LATER
After a few hours(?) Maki slowly came to. Jolting quickly awake, Maki quickly looked around, reprimanding himself for losing consciousness in such a dangerous area. “Enough resting, I need to get back to the Ant Palace!” he told himself, as he tried to stand to no avail. He tried using his sword to balance on one leg. Didn’t work… “Surely I can just walk normall- EEIIGH!”, Maki cried out after putting most of his weight on his bad leg, “Ooh, I guess I can’t walk normally for a bit…”. Maki decided to sit down once more to rest from the pain and to think of what he could do to get back. So long, in fact, he passed out from exhaustion while he was thinking.