But Clarisse with a prosthetic
she lost it in a monster attack
when she first woke up, she was really disoriented and fell out of her bed in the infirmary.
it took Will twenty minutes to calm her down enough to explain that she lost her leg and that they had to amputate it
two weeks recovery in the infirmary, strictly bed rest
Clarisse kept trying to get out of bed, to the point where Will threatened to handcuff her if she didnât stop
every morning after the third day, she woke up to Chris holding her hand
once she was finally allowed to move around, she started with a wheelchair.
this, was also a lesser form a torture
it didnât take her long to build up the arm strength to wheel herself around, but she had never realized how many stairs camp actually had
it also didnât take her long to realize that it was next to impossible to maneuver a sword in a wheelchair
she was limited to spears and not much else
it took three weeks of full wheelchair mobility before she finally sucked up her pride and talked to Will about her options other that this
he sends her to cabin nine
Leo and Nyssa make her a prosthetic leg, made more for speed than strength, but still durable
needless to say, it still takes some getting used too, after all, sheâs gotten used to there not being any weight at all from the mid-thigh down since two months ago
she uses crutches for the first week before saying âfuck it, I can do thisâ
Chris still helps her around more than sheâll ever admit
learning to walk to some leaning on tables and Chris and walls and solid things in general
she felt like a toddler sometimes, but Will said that was normal, since she was having to learn how to walk again, in a whole new way
Chris would sometimes (when they were alone, of course.) take her hands and hold them up high, letting her use him for support as she took steps on her own, so she could focus more on building the muscles than her balance
that first morning when she was able to get out of bed and walk around, do her morning routine, and get dressed without help from anyone or anything, the entire cabin cheered for her
she snapped at them to shut up, but she smiled anyway
the first time that Clarisse ran without tripping up in the first few steps, Chris is beaming
He was still grinning ear to ear when Clarisse caught up with him and tackled him to the ground
learning to fight was a whole different process
she fell more often than she would care to admit, and refused anyones help in getting back up
âI can fucking do this on my own dammitâ
Clarisse could slash dummies up, but in real spars she still fell to her knees sometimes when she dodged
even when she trained enough to be able to spar and fight, she was still not on par with what she was before
Clarisse still favors her left leg as she moves, and itâs obvious if you look
no one says a word, though