No, no, no! He couldn't let this happen! But Adrien wasn't responding, and he was so cold... No, think, Gabriel, think! What was it he'd been told? Yes, the plums!
Silently thanking whatever cosmic powers happened to be paying attention that he'd ended up in that plum orchard, he fumbled for the basket sitting beside him in the snow, the one the strange furry creature had given him, which now contained not only a number of plums but also half a dozen oversized gumdrops. With his own fingers all but numb with cold, it was more difficult than it should have been to pick out a single plum, but when he had, he quickly brought is up and pressed it against his son's cold lips.
"Adrien, eat this, quickly!", he said. "If you can hear me, son, please, you need to eat this fruit right away, before... before..." He couldn't bring himself to finish the sentence. "Please, Adrien!"
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Silently thanking whatever cosmic powers happened to be paying attention that he'd ended up in that plum orchard, he fumbled for the basket sitting beside him in the snow, the one the strange furry creature had given him, which now contained not only a number of plums but also half a dozen oversized gumdrops. With his own fingers all but numb with cold, it was more difficult than it should have been to pick out a single plum, but when he had, he quickly brought is up and pressed it against his son's cold lips.
"Adrien, eat this, quickly!", he said. "If you can hear me, son, please, you need to eat this fruit right away, before... before..." He couldn't bring himself to finish the sentence. "Please, Adrien!"