
With a grimace, features pinch together, the heel of his right foot hovers above the ground. He experiments with the appendage and gingerly places the slightest bit of pressure upon it — only to jam his tongue between his teeth in order to bite back a groan that threatened to fall from the thin aperture of his disposition. ‘Sprained — or perhaps broken, I cannot say, but a splint or something of that nature would do it good.’
