“It’s not cowering if you lost half your bowels the night before and you’re convalescing,” Jev said. “My bowels are still intact,” Lornysh said, though it was clear from the stiff way he sat in the saddle that he was in discomfort. “Just slightly perforated,” Cutter added. “You were not there,” Lornysh told him. “I can tell when you’re looking perforated.”
