[It's gradual, the way Kino's body begins to realize that its surroundings is no longer trying to destroy it. Breaths begin shallow but then grow infinitesimally deeper, desperate to replace the usable oxygen that the thirty seconds of deprivation had robbed them of. It was also very slow how Kino's body slowly relaxed—the awful shift in pressure had caused every muscle to tense up, to push back against the bizarre lack of homeostasis, but now that things had returned to relative normalcy, exhaustion set in and the kid was growing limp because of it.
Kino's vitals are still weak, an uneven cadence of breathing and a heart-rate that would give any doctor nervous pause after having heard it. Straightening them up was a good idea, though Kino's breaths are often interrupted by coughing—just a few at first, not too powerful (mostly because they were too weak to manage anything else), but that, too, changed gradually. After one round of coughing that had nearly devolved into a fit, Kino falls still again, a thin line of blood trailing from their mouth.
The kid's eyelids flicker, perhaps barely open, but they weren't really completely conscious and they were certainly not aware of what was going on. All of this would be a blur for them later, one where they had come within an inch of death and had to be yanked back to the world of the living. A terrible sort of whiplash to have to deal with.
A few minutes pass, though, and the coughing dies down a little and Kino continues to breathe. Stabilizing just a bit, but like Parker had told them earlier this day, this would most likely require further medical attention.]
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Kino's vitals are still weak, an uneven cadence of breathing and a heart-rate that would give any doctor nervous pause after having heard it. Straightening them up was a good idea, though Kino's breaths are often interrupted by coughing—just a few at first, not too powerful (mostly because they were too weak to manage anything else), but that, too, changed gradually. After one round of coughing that had nearly devolved into a fit, Kino falls still again, a thin line of blood trailing from their mouth.
The kid's eyelids flicker, perhaps barely open, but they weren't really completely conscious and they were certainly not aware of what was going on. All of this would be a blur for them later, one where they had come within an inch of death and had to be yanked back to the world of the living. A terrible sort of whiplash to have to deal with.
A few minutes pass, though, and the coughing dies down a little and Kino continues to breathe. Stabilizing just a bit, but like Parker had told them earlier this day, this would most likely require further medical attention.]