Henrik was released from the medical wing on Wednesday morning, which meant he was at breakfast for the first time in over a week, sitting at the staff table with his arm in the lighter support brace and the specific energy of someone who had spent days arguing for exactly this outcome and was now experiencing the mild anticlimax of having won.
Sara saw him from across the dining hall and waved, which Henrik returned with the restrained dignity of an instructor acknowledging a student in a public space, and then immediately undermined by mouthing "thank you" in a way that was clearly about the week of smuggled food.
"He looks good," Marcus said.
"He looks like someone who's been told he can resume light duties and has already decided light duties means full duties," Sara said. "I gave it three days before he's back to normal training oversight."
"Two," Liam said.
"I'll take that bet," Sara said.
"It's not a bet if we're both guessing low numbers in the same direction."
