It's not as bad as it looks, haha … [ It'd be more accurate to say, it isn't as bad as it looks anymore. But. That's hardly relevant, and she is not going to think about it.
There's a hitch to her breathing when she feels the magic do its thing. Slowly, cautiously, she takes a deeper breath … and then another, and another, when she finds that she can do so without pain. ]
That's so much better.
[ Her arm eases away from her ribs — revealing a tear in the fabric (from a (formally) fatal stab wound) — so that she can gingerly push herself up to her feet. Being down on the ground with a stranger on their feet nearby is no bueno, even if he's there by invitation to help her. ]
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There's a hitch to her breathing when she feels the magic do its thing. Slowly, cautiously, she takes a deeper breath … and then another, and another, when she finds that she can do so without pain. ]
That's so much better.
[ Her arm eases away from her ribs — revealing a tear in the fabric (from a (formally) fatal stab wound) — so that she can gingerly push herself up to her feet. Being down on the ground with a stranger on their feet nearby is no bueno, even if he's there by invitation to help her. ]