(( open --- MAHIA ))
“ No.... no, no, nO, p l e a s e ! “
Gone was her practiced composure. Gone was the calm attitude of a trained healer. There was only overwhelming panic in her voice, now, causing her words to hitch and crack... and made her hands --- already drenched with both water and blood --- to q u a k e, even as she pressed them to broken skin.
“ Please, do not close your eyes! Stay awake, s-stay with me! I am almost finished, Ancestors, please, I am almost finished... y-you will be fine. You need to be fine. I c-cannot... I cannot lose you! I cannot lose you, t-too! “







