Anise and I ended up sharing a room with two other female soldiers for the night. The room seed like a repurposed broom closet - it could barely fit all four of us. It was unpleasant and cramped. Still, it was a place to sleep. Given how bad supply problems were for the front lines, I wasn’t surprised that our sleeping conditions were this bad.
When we woke up the next morning, my essence reserves had almost recovered, so I made my way back to the dical bay and started healing. To my surprise, I found a few new faces in the hospital. There must have been another battle last night while I was asleep. Most of their injuries were light, but there were a few severe injuries. Once the patients in critical condition were healthy again, I moved on to Markus. It might have been a bit selfish to prioritize Markus, but I wanted him to be able to walk again. It only took a few minutes to regrow his leg. After that, I woke him up. Normally, I would have just accepted that he was healed, but I was growing more wary of problems with my healing ability. Even though it could heal most injuries, there were clearly so cases where it didn't work.
“Trish? Oh, Miria. Good morning.” He rubbed the sleep out of his eyes, and then blinked as he looked at his legs. "It's back."
“I healed everything,” I said. “But I've been noticing corner cases where my healing ability doesn't work perfectly. Can you do so exercises for , so that I can make sure the healing worked?"
"Sure."
With my guidance, Markus started running through a series of tests for his leg. He flexed his leg, poked the regrown parts, and then started applying weight to it. Finally, he stood up, walked around, and did a few hops. Then, he grinned, and pulled into a hug. “It feels just like before. Thank you.”
I smiled, and didn't say anything.
Markus spent a few more minutes marveling at his regenerated leg, before he finally stopped. "All right, let's go get breakfast. The commanders will definitely start hollering at the other soldiers soon. Since I'm healthy, they might drag along again. Might as well get a bite to eat first. Nothing is more miserable than trying to exercise on an empty stomach.”
The two of us left the dical bay. When we reached the al hall, I saw Anise getting out of line with a tray of food. I waved at her, and she beelined towards us.
"Miria! I thought you would take longer in the hospital before coming to eat. I was going to save you a spot in line after I finished eating. Also, Markus is up!" She said.
"Yeah, I finished healing him," I said. Then, I swapped to the communication bracelet.
said Anise, as she caught up to and Markus and started standing in line again.
I paused, and tried to figure out whether I should contact him via bracelet. I didn’t want to disturb his sleep, but if the commanders were going to wake everyone up soon anyway, he might be more miserable if he didn't have breakfast. Eventually, I decided to contact him.
he said.
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