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Lana lit a cigarette, sucked in deep, and blew it out in Astrid’s direction "You ever notice so, Astrid? No two moofs have the same power There’s not two kids with super-speed, just one Not two or three or five or ten with Sa, just hied cautiously

"One healer"

"Yeah, we all noticed that," Astrid said,no secret of the fact that she wished someone less volatile was that one healer

"But this Gaia ht bea, isn’t it? Kids have been telling ic hands on theoing to be really bad"

Astrid did as Lana directed Don’t start crying, she told herself But it hurt seeing the body she loved broken this way

"You’re going to pull, see, so I can try to push the bones back into line And you’re going to keep pulling until I tell you different Got that?"

"I do," Astrid said

"Pull"

Astrid pulled and Sarip so Astrid tightened her grip and pulled hard and Sam opened his eyes and yelled and flailed with his hands so Sanjit ran over and grabbed his hands, fast, because Saerous, and Quinn came around to help Astrid pull

Lana pushed vertebrae back into place with a sickening wet crunch, then slid a wooden shelf beneath hiether to wrap strips of sheet around and around, locking Saain into unconsciousness

"He may have internal injuries," Lana said "I can fix the back and the shoulder, et back to Edilio, see if he needs," Astrid said and stood to leave

"Yeah You should go," Lana agreed "And then you better figure out which is worse, s sacrifice to Little Pete Or the other thing"

Lana was s Astrid didn’t want to ask, because she knew the answer But she couldn’t not ask

"What other thing, Lana?"

"The thing where we kill Sae"

Astrid stood stock-still

Lana laughed her cynical laugh "Yeah, you’re the genius, but that doesn’tpair of shears, and beyond to the automatic pistol at Lana’s waist She bit her lip hard and then said, "Sa to hurt him," Lana said "That’s not what I do Remember? I’m the Healer"