reach for the stars

He might have lain there for hours. He might have lain there for only a few seconds, he really couldn't tell the time right now. But when a swift kick was dealt to his side, Njal's head lurched up, and he glared at the offender with one narrowed eye. It was in this moment that the stranger fumbled for words, which really woke Njal's spirits. This was a trespasser - a trespasser to the caldera! An enemy! He tried to lift himself to his feet, but only managed his front half. Meanwhile, he slurred some obscenities which really did not fit the northerner - "Do I look dead, you blind idiot?" Okay, okay, so he wasn't a practiced obscenity-chucker, and he was in a great amount of pain, but he had tried. Actually, he wasn't done. "You better get your lilly white ass out of here before I rip you a new asshole, you... Asshole." With that, he bared his teeth in an unfriendly (but ultimately worthless) display.