Gallus' expression didn't change for a few seconds after Peiter finished. He blinked, raised his brow, and shrugged, looking away while he responded. "Well, that's fair. If you don't want to focus on it, that's fine if that helps." Gallus furrowed his brow and gave Peiter a sideways look. "But its a hard thing to avoid, no? You've been down for a long time. I can only assume that's because you're focussing on it anyway. What difference does it make here to share? You know you can trust me."

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Sabine's jaw dropped in shock. "Meesei!" Sabine crawled into the tent to assist. At first, she charged healing magic in her hands, but when she approached she stopped and tried to work out what was going on. Diagnosis before treatment was a principle driven into her mind since she began to learn healing magic. It was enough time for Meesei to finish her self-treatment and speak.

Meesei's words didn't do much to mollify Sabine, though the apparent passing of the pain did. Sabine took Meesei by the shoulders and looked into her eyes. She was clearly frightened. "What were you doing? Were you trying to get silver out of your heart? Why didn't you let me and Marcaille help?!"