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"Ian?" She said his name on a whisper, as if she weren't sure he was there at all

"Hello there, Selena"

Her face split in a wide grin and she ran for him Just in front of hi slowly, her gaze fastened on his, she extended her hand

He felt a moment's hesitation to touch her, then cautiously reached out Their fingers brushed, twined Her hand felt ses sla in her mind for him to see

"I suppose the queen taught you to curtsy"

She positively beamed at him "Yes"

"You do it very well"

"Thank you"

"You're welcome"

He couldn't take his eyes off her face, the way her full pink lips quirked in a sloriously alive, so vibrantly animated

It was a miracle

No, not a miracle A scientific phenomenon

The old exciteh him He understood all at once the implications of her recovery and what itat hi The fantasy ca back

He could study her, begin to understand what no doctors before him had ever truly understood

He could be a god again