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Zoerawrr Yes. He could hear the waves... but he could only feel pain... and a weird sensation in his nose, as if the feature was play-doh that was being remolded...
Weird.
The boy was just trying to remember what it had felt like, the first feel of sand, when a popping noise (which in his opinion was LOUD) was heard, and Jake's eyes snapped open. That had freaked him out. Jake reached for the man's arm and squeezed it tight.
Feeling... queasy...
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aussiegirl Marcus didn't even flinch when Jake squeezed his arm but he did look at the kid in alarm when his face turned a faint shade of green. "Please tell me you're not going to vomit?"
He looked over to Ellie as if to say 'do something.' Because he did NOT want to be vomited on. Marcus could handle a lot of things but being spewed on was not one of them.
Gabriella jumped back a bit when Jake's eyes flew wide open. Her wand was still circling his nose, but at the same time, she realized it might not be a bad idea to drop it for a moment and take three giant steps backward.
"He's going to vomit," she half-whispered, confirming what Marcus feared. Of course the boy could prove them both wrong, but at this moment, the outlook wasn't brilliant.
Gabriella glanced at Marcus, and automatically she understood just what he was saying---or not saying, actually. Words weren't needed this time, though. Dropping her wand, Gabriella snatched the nearest trash can and placed it, as gently as possible, into Jake's hands. There were some things magic just wasn't fast enough to catch, and the sudden urge to vomit was one of them.
However horrible the situation, Gabriella thought it best to go ahead and complete the mending of Jake's nose. The boy would feel much,
much better once that part was behind him. Besides, she imagined vomiting would be far more painful with the strain of the half-broken nose added to it. Acting quickly (before he could vomit all over her), Gabriella circled his nose a few more times, a final pop sounding as she did so.