Last week on Six Sentence Sunday I posted the end of the scene where Zhaim catches and beats Roi unconscious. Here’s Zhaim, a short time later. Again, this is from Tourist Trap. Nik, by the way, is a physician, but also a good enough esper that he just might pick up Roi’s connection to Zhaim’s injuries.
Zhaim scowled as he dabbed antiseptic on his hands. Not only had he cut his knuckles on the brat’s teeth, the young devil had managed to bite him several times during the beating. He hissed as the antiseptic foamed in the crescentic wounds on the heel of his right hand. His shoulder ached, too, but at least he’d managed to keep the brat away from his face. As it was, he would have to keep his hand and shoulder hidden until they healed. Certainly he couldn’t ask Nik Tarlian to treat him.
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Those crescent marks can really hurt. No sympathy for Zhaim though. I remember my dislike of him from previous snippets.
Good I don’t want anyone to feel sympathy for Zhaim.
Very nicely written….I could sense his pain and maybe a hint of annoyance!
More than a hint, I hope. He’s running late.
Yeah, and he deserves it! I suppose I should feel a little sympathy for Zhaim but …naw. Not yet. 😉
Zhaim’s a bully complaining because he was injured beating someone else up.
Oh, my. I don’t know which one to pity the most. Gotta check back next time. Great six!
Zhaim for what he is, maybe…
I think i need to go back and read the other Six Sundays! But this sounds like a great story from just this little bit….Zhaim’s a bad guy is he? He sounds it if he beat up a kid 😦
Roi’s 18 and Zhaim’s several hundred (in his physical prime), but it was a very one-sided fight.
Excellent description of the fight’s aftermath…this story just keeps unfolding and reeling me in. Great six!
It’s typical of Zhaim’s total inability to see anything from another’s point of view, which is why I put it in.
Great six! I love seeing Zhaim’s POV and I like that he refuses to ask for help – it fits the description we had of him from Roi’s POV.
Not so much refuses as is afraid to.
Nope, no sympathy here! Well written six!
Thanks. He’s evil, but I’ve tried to keep his POV consistent.
Seems like he deserved everything he got!
Definitely. And then some.
Yep, if you don’t want to be bit, don’t beat a kid! Great show of his awful personality.
And all he’s thinking about is what the beating did to him.
Glad the kid (“brat” LOL) at least got a few licks in.
“Brat” and “slut” are used as common (and offensive) terms for slaves in this world.
It might be harder than he thinks to hide bite marks!
Wait til next week.
Funny how they can dish it out but have difficulty in taking it. Man up, Zhaim.
Oh, that’s far from the worst thing he’s done.
I love the details on his injuries…you describe this very well. Good six!
Thanks. The details are important in how he will try to hide the injuries–tune in next week!
Wow, Zhaim sounds like a bit of a tool. Actually, a complete tool.
Great six!
Tool? Not him! But he is being rather a fool about his obsession where Roi is concerned.
Oh, nice, I like the description of the bite marks.
Considering he manged to give Roi a concussion and a dislocated shoulder, he got off easier than he deserved.
This snippet definitely grabs me by my hipster scarf and makes me want to learn more about what caused the fight between Zhaim and Roi. Very good descriptions on the injury!!
Zhaim’s efforts to get rid of Roi provide much of the plot of Tourist Trap — though Roi doesn’t know about them until well into the book. (The reader does, though.)
Is this book published or WIP?
Both Tourist Trap and Homecoming are published. Tourist Trap won an award for best fiction book of the year; Homecoming won 2nd in science fiction a year earlier. Most of the characters in Tourist Trap are introduced in Homecoming, but the books can be read independently. Both are available in hardcover, softcover and e-book at the usual places.
Great description on the injuries. I could see them clearly. 🙂
Thanks. I’m going to do one more bit on Zhaim next week.
I’m loving these Six Sentence Sunday posts 🙂 great description!
Thanks. This book is published.
Very strong imagery, l’m enjoying these snippets!
Glad you like it.
I love his assessment of the “brat.” ;c)
Uh–was this last week’s snippet? This week’s isn’t posted yet. But you’re right–he doesn’t really look on Roi as a person.