Chapter 5: Reunion With Nature
She held silk between her fingertips, observing the soft strands, and practicing weaving a few of them together with one hand. It had been many years since the kitsune had sewn anything. At least since after basic training, I imagine.
Emily took a deep breath before unwrapping her current wound dressing. She grimaced from the sight right away. Dried blood coated the severed limb, and the piece of her elbow joint stuck out. She shivered as the wind blew by, the pain making her bite down and grit her teeth.
She shoved a handful of silk in her mouth before sticking her severed limb in the softly flowing river. She groaned into the piece of cloth, tears pricking at her eyes. Dirt and dried blood flowed into the water, and the fox girl used the makeshift rag to pat down the injury and clean it of filth.
The lone woman stood from the river with her cleaned injury. Though, she understood that eventually she would need to find some medicine. This kind of treatment wouldn't last, especially if there was a bacterial infection. She checked her surroundings and looked at the trees nearby. Though, none of them resembled medicinal trees from earth.
I might have to start inspecting plants with this cybernetic eye, but how long will my magic hold out? I definitely should decrease my amount of mana usage, until I can gain levels. Should I start killing some of those monsters before they wake up as an easy way to obtain experience?
Her stomach grumbled, reminding her that she'd not eaten. She wrapped her wound with silk, creating a large white bandage over the affected site. She tightened it as much as she could.
When she was done with the cast, she worked on her temporary clothing. For now, cloth wrapping would have to do. She found a sharp rock and cut away at the material to make long strands that could wrap around her body. One by one, she wrapped them around her legs and inner thighs, making her private parts like she imagined a mummy's.
After she finished on her lower extremities, she got to work on her chest. The two sizable assets were pressed down beneath what was essentially silk gauze. Lastly, she did the same to her feet.
The only problem was the loose strands at the end. She could only tie them so tight for them not to come undone.
Maybe my magic can do something about this?
She called forth the small nanobots, noting how much easier it was to control them when her skill leveled up. The little things floated in the air in front of her, and she lowered them towards her bandaged wound first. The magic droids settled onto the dressing, and she imagined it all being stitched together.
It was much like sewing. A few nanobots formed a needle and wove the silk together at the end. Her eyes widened as she watched it happening. Controlling them was much easier now. Wait, can they form a permanent structure?
After the wound was sealed up nicely, she tried to attach a dozen nanobots to the end of her severed arm, but once she felt her magic depleting, the bots faded away into obscurity.
Emily sighed, but her stomach grumbled again. Dammit, I guess I will have to seal the other pieces of clothing later.
She grabbed her lantern and pressed it into the ground, using it to walk as an old man would his cane. She searched across trees and bramble to find what she was looking for, and eventually, she spotted it.
Juicy blue berries dripped glowing blue substance onto the ground below. There was a large bush full of them not far from the water. The fox girl activated her cybernetic eye, the last of her mana draining.