The shock had been enough to - well, send him into shock, and so it wasn't until they were well out of the breach zone, into the un-breach zone, and Rich had gotten the heat turned on, in however makeshift a fashion, that Donnie started moving again.
And then not much, but there was a small twitch of movement, then another - obvious attempts to stay close to the heat, not to get up and risk moving away from it.
His mind was trying to catch up, predictably. Everything moving around and the freezing...that had to be a hull breach, and he was pretty sure he remembered (at least kind of?) hitting the floor, but everything between point A and point B wasn't registering.
Which probably wasn't actually important, as much as that kind of thing annoyed him, because what was important was the fact that they were alive and at point B to begin with. That had to be Rich's doing, but the first thought that found its way out of his mouth, rather than thank you (he'd get there!) was:
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And then not much, but there was a small twitch of movement, then another - obvious attempts to stay close to the heat, not to get up and risk moving away from it.
His mind was trying to catch up, predictably. Everything moving around and the freezing...that had to be a hull breach, and he was pretty sure he remembered (at least kind of?) hitting the floor, but everything between point A and point B wasn't registering.
Which probably wasn't actually important, as much as that kind of thing annoyed him, because what was important was the fact that they were alive and at point B to begin with. That had to be Rich's doing, but the first thought that found its way out of his mouth, rather than thank you (he'd get there!) was:
"Let's...never do that again."