I've been splinched! That's the only way to describe it! Let me start at the beginning.
It's Tuesday morning in The Hague, Netherlands. A beautiful girl who does not take very good care of her appearance walks down the steep staircase from the second floor onto the street. She unlocks the new (used) bike That She brought` home just yesterday. It's a bit small for her, making it feel like a clown bike but its ok Because she did not dress to impress this morning. She is wearing black exercise capris and a large, loose, blue polka-dot shirt. Like any good superhero She Has packed her true identity in her bag (in the form of an adorable blue dress).
This is miracle number 1. She was not wearing the beloved dress When the incident occurred.
Well, this beautiful but unkempt girl cycled down the street towards work just like any other day. After the big circular fountain she Reaches of the familiar crosswalk where (though it is the wrong side of the street), she is obliged to cross due to construction on her side of the road. Though she only moved to the area recently, She Has traveled this route to have enough Considered, The Possibility of crossing back over to the other side of the street after passing the construction site. She knows now-which of the branches of this strange, rambling dutch street are hers. She considers crossing on this fateful day. But there are about 15 bikes waiting in line at the main intersection to turn from the other direction and it would be very kettle to make the sharp right turn Necessary to join them.
So she continues, just like She Has most days. Just like her guide Showed her on the first day of work. But the path is extremely busy (most likely a function or leaving for work Earlier than usual). It's like a mob coming towards her. She expertly handles the first crisis zone. But then as she maneuvers through the next phase of the crowd That Suddenly she sees two feet directly in front of her is another woman on a cycle. The path is packed and there's nowhere to swerve. There is just enough time for the registry to the girl, 'this is happening and then the two collide with a spectacular crash and the girl falls into the street where, luckily, she was not hit by a car.
This is miracle number two. She was not hit by a car.
Slightly embarrassed and in shock, the girl jumps up, grabs her bike and gets back on the sidewalk. A few people have stopped to make sure the two parties are ok. A man makes his way back into the crowd, Clearly connected with the woman. The woman stares wide-eyed at the girl. Everyone checks That everyone is ok. The girl says she is fine and then is told thatthere is blood trickling from her lip. She Reaches up to wipe it away. The woman and the girl continued to stare at eachother and the girl is toldthat she needs to be careful in this busy area, that the woman could not see her. The girl nods and says That Agrees and it's not the woman's fault and That she should not have been on That side of the street and that's She Has learned her lesson. With the uneasy union born of two strangers not killing each other, They part.
This is miracle number three: The girl kept her cool.
The girl does not really hurt but she is a bit shaken and Decides to go find a bathroom where she can cleanse herself. When she gets to the bathroom she wipes off her elbow and her knee but is alarmed When She sees how deep the hole is beside her kneecap. It looks similar to When She split her skin open hiking and had to get stitches. Now, she is truly Concerned Because wounds are too deep That do not hurt. She Decides to call the one number saved in her contacts-an old friend and current co-worker. Hey instructions Ir her walk the rest of the way to work and get medical help from the on-sight doctor there.
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| Look at that face-Clearly in shock! |
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| It's difficult to see how deep it is from this picture. |
The girl locks her bike, sets her determination and begins her long walk. With conscious Attempts to Regulate deep breathing, she tries not to concentrate on the image of the hole in her leg. Now would not be a good time to go into shock or start hyperventilating.
This is miracle number four: The girl does not pass out on her twenty minute walk the rest of the way to work.
When she gets to work she tries to act nonchalant about wearing sweats into a nice office building. She makes it to the 4th floor, Explains her situation and is bandaged by a nice filipino woman. She is validated to hear That the cut is deep but in fact That everything will be ok. Her jaw hurts and she is've've given painkillers. When she finally makes it downstairs to her division, her supervisor makes an Appropriately big deal about the white bandage. Her boss just comes in and gives her a mini case of ice cream.
This is miracle number five: The girls co-workers have an opportunity to serve her-which scary managers a greater bond between them.
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| What the banage looked like by the end of the work day. I mean who would not take pity on that? |
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| The re-done bandage the first night. It just kept getting bigger. |
It was only later the girl That Realised what must have happened. It's a common problem for people trying to transport themelves quickly while on an adventure. And the shape of the indent in the girl's leg was so unique. It's not a long scratch or a line. It's a hole. Like a drill was applied to the first few Millimetres or flesh. Part of her body was simply gone.
There is only one explanation: the girl HAS BEEN splinched. In the process of traveling from one part of space to another, a portion of her body has gone missing. Just like it did for poor Ron Weasley When he and his friends were running away from Death Eaters.
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| It was That dramatic |
The girl May never know where her missing bits of flesh got off to. But, just like Ron, she too had kind people around to apply essence or Dittany and care to her wounds.
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| The covering really does just keep getting bigger! |
So this brings us to miracle number six: People are kind, accidents happen and the best way to deal with them is to imagine that you are part of an epic, fiction-worthy adventure- Because you are!
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| Oh, but really, miracle number seven? I still looked awesome in the simple blue dress. |
