[h2]Miina Malina[/h2]

"Oh, c-come [i]on[/i]," the mage's response was more… annoyed, than anything, even as she moved immediately into position, "R-Running away [i]again[/i]?"

This time she hadn't even [i]achieved[/i] anything except to waste their time! And ruin Eliane's clothes, once Miina finished with this. And where was the fun in having a hot lady trying to kill you if she wasn't [i]hanging around for it?[/i] Could have replaced her with anyone and it would have been fine, and being ignored after trying to stab her and then [i]exploding the building[/i] just felt unfair…

Maybe she thought Elly was going to be important for this or something?

Meh.

"[i]Cure,[/i]" the red mage started, just wanting to staunch the bleeding long enough that she could address the injury properly. Just repeatedly applying [i]Cura[/i] would no doubt close it up and get the gunner back into fighting shape with relative ease, but the way it would do that… maybe it was something that full white mages trained to avoid, or maybe it was just accepted for expediency, but forcing that sort of healing just lead to… compromises. Like leaving the wound full of shrapnel, or awkward scarring. It was battlefield medicine through and through, and whilst they [i]might[/i] be in a battle, it wasn't as if Miina cared about the fates of any of the militia. No, no, much better to make sure their party member didn't have to deal with any lingering pain or loss of functionality in the long term.

But doing that with just white magic… oh, that have been tricky, wouldn't she have to force the injury to not so much [i]heal[/i] as regenerate back to its original state and force the bullet out in the process? Tricky, and she could probably do it, but why not use the skills she already had? She didn't need to leave everything [i]absolutely blemish free[/i] (at least, not right now, maybe she could do something later), so being a bit rougher with both the black and white magic…

"T-This might hurt," Miina offered, although… hm, compared to being shot, probably not. Or maybe she was in shock? As long as she didn't move too much. Still, it was a fair warning, literally [i]burning away[/i] anything that shouldn't be there before forcing the healing in the affected area inside-out wasn't the… nicest sensation.

At least it made a nice pair of glows around her hands, even if you ignored the aether itself. Fire and healing were quite complementary like that.