The Princess And The Captain (2006) - Plot & Excerpts
She sat up beside Orpheus, silent and attentive, changing his dressings every hour, making him drink a decoction of boiled plants and roots that she had collected on Jahalod’s island. At dawn she saw that he seemed more peaceful, and deduced that he was no longer suffering pain. The bleeding had stopped, the wound was clean, so Lei rubbed his face with marguerilla stalks, left the cabin and went on deck to greet the sunrise. The healers in her distant country thought that when a wounded or sick patient survived the first night it was a good sign, and you must pay your devotions to the natural world by giving thanks. When she emerged from the hatch the deck was enveloped in an extraordinarily thick mist. She could hardly see her hand in front of her face. Lei took a few cautious steps, trying to reach the rail. It was cold. Moisture was already soaking into her clothes and making her teeth chatter. It was useless leaning over the side of the ship; she couldn’t make anything out. The Fabula seemed to be wrapped in cotton wool.
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