Kein Lit several of the Lamps as I roused myself from slumber. I winced and tried
to sit up, but Bane knelt on the bed and pushed me back down. He settled beside
me and leaned on the post in the center
“They have news,” he said softly Looking down, “be comfortable while they tell it.”
The Healers could be wordy, I suddenly knew. They loved to talk and rarely got to
the point quickly. Usually they were faster around Damien's family, probably out
of fear, but today they Looked Like they wanted to revel in the telling.
Evan sat on the end of the bed near my feet. He stroked the foot lovingly, pulling
the blanket back and fondling my toes. I had such tiny toes, he'd always thought
they were cute. He was completely uninterested in the Healers.
In fact none of the men were interested in the Healers. They put on stoic faces
that would not offend our company. Internally their conversation was about what
we needed to do today. Their disinterest made it hard for me to pay attention.
Bane was right, though. These strange men wanted to draw this out. The Healers
asked about me and my prior healing. They wanted to know how I'd reacted to
healing cream, the cream for pain, and calming cream. Damien answered all of
that politely. Lastly, they asked about the prior pregnancy and how the baby
came from my body, but Damien wouldn't budge on that.
“I will only speak with Nu-reeh’s permission,” he told them stoically. Damien's
refusal to elaborate stymied them for only a moment, before they were back to
talking.
“The fix for the broken bone,” the lead Brother stated triumphantly, “will not hurt a
growing child.”
One of the men held up a small device. It had been the one Damien refused to
let them use on me the day before.
Damien tried to look as calm as he could, but he could barely stand the irritation
these men caused him. Just use it and leave, was his opinion. The sensation
was so strong I nearly said it myself.
“The healing cream is not dangerous and can be used as you wish. We believe
you all are acquainted with this already, the lead Healer announced.
Yes, that was a good thing. I'd not thought to question it when they used it during
the last pregnancy. For a moment I felt very lucky Hannah had not been harmed.
“The heavy ointment that removes pain,” the Healer said slowly, “may cause the
slave to Lose the child.”
Now Damien was surprised and looked questioningly over at me. He'd been
sorely tempted to put some on my chest as I moaned in my sleep Last night.
Christof warned him I knew more about pregnancy than they did, though. Best
not to tempt ill luck, he'd said, and he'd been correct.
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“So,” the lead Healer said, “how did you know?” Human intelligence was not
respected. Damien knew these Healers thought of me as little more than a
messy toy, but he told them the truth.
“Ciara, the female, suspected these things could hurt the growing life,” he said
simply. The Healers scoffed and ruffled their brows. Certainly Christof, or perhaps
Evan, had given me the idea.
“Humans,” Evan said in a conspiratorial tone, “are quite bright. They are
protective of their own young even, amazing quality. It is as though this,” he said
pointing to me, “is a sentient being
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Once I was in position the thing was pressed into my tender chest wall. It
seemed to be emitting a series of waves. My rib felt sharp pain for a moment and
then it began to dull. The pain got much better, but did not go away completely.
After withdrawing the strange probe the Healers coated the area with the healing
cream. The bruising lightened and breathing became much easier. Relaxing onto
the floating table I felt as though I could fall to sleep right there.
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The Healers were quite proud of
themselves. Once they had thought
about birth defects, they had thought
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to study the food I ate to ensure
nothing was harmful. A list of
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