[Hendrik is increasingly hard to pin down as the weeks drag on. One week he is more unkempt, the second sees him silent, three more and he worries about speaking over support, the last fortnight he spots a disconcerting change.
That beard. Shaved to the bone. He barely notices anything else, least of all the time his friend wiles away out in the stables. Hendrik might as well be at the Emerald Coast.
He stops asking for his location come the fourth week. Ventures over on the seventh and watches his companion soothe a loyal beast. Who comforts who, honestly?
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That beard. Shaved to the bone. He barely notices anything else, least of all the time his friend wiles away out in the stables. Hendrik might as well be at the Emerald Coast.
He stops asking for his location come the fourth week. Ventures over on the seventh and watches his companion soothe a loyal beast. Who comforts who, honestly?
His voice comes from behind.]
How is the old boy?