lia
I had practiced countless procedures in simulations before, but this was the first time
injury was worse than I expected. A silver weapon had torn through a major bloo
the vessel. The bleedi
painstaking process of debridement. Millimeter by millimeter, I e
There was only the focused pool of light, the gl
suture the artery, the
him!" Coraima shrieke
hrough me. One slip, one tremor,
out, grabbing her wrist in a grip of i
t.
arried the authority of someone who understood life
es, the gleaming scalpel, and the fury in my eyes
r arm and hauled her backward, slamming the door shut. "
ky breath, forcing the adrenaline do
, but a monofilament finer than a human hair, taken from my dimension. My fingers moved in
ry pulsed with life, the blood
rst wa
inserted the needle into his arm, and watched
e force, battered and weakened, greedily soaking up the life I was giving hi
lly, I applied a salve containing antibiotics and
nearly an hour. My bac
s pulse was strong, his
is sleeping face. The sharp planes and angles,
life would be infinitel
s chest, a deep, quiet satisfaction settled ove
et stared at me, his fa
"He needs a clean, qu
wly changed. The disbelief and shock in his eyes gave way to pure adm
her face a mask of disbelief at th
instruments, returning them to the dim
ur hours. Keep the wound dry. Here are some herbs for the pain."
ng low. "Physician, how can
ut him off. "I did it
d disappeared into the pre-dawn mis
stle before sunrise. Toni
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