Chapter 149 - EVO
***Tirnanog, Mount Aerie***
***Magnus***
"I am so sorry! Aaah!" Astra howled in agony as four people, one among them Thalia's father, gave it their all to set the bones of her broken arm and a dislocated shoulder. In theory, it sounded easier than it was in reality, considering the patient had reinforced bones and steel muscles that didn't play along. So, two people were holding onto Astra's torso while two more were pulling at her hand while manipulating the angle to set the bone and to realign her shoulder.
Meanwhile, I gave my best to stay still while Thalia tried to operate one of the many wooden splinters out of my cheek which barely missed my left second eye. When Astra's improvised saw-grinder disintegrated spectacularly, I barely managed to raise my arm and protect my eyes. It was a reflexive reaction and I hadn't considered the second set. Two centimetres lower and I would have been mostly fine.
“Don't pull a face!” Thalia reprimanded me. “It's already hard enough to pry this thing out without doing even more damage to your eye.”
“I am trying, but it feels like you are jamming your tweezers into my eye! Just pull the splinter out and be done with it. It hurts even more if you dig around trying to be gentle,” I complained.
Thalia gave a disgruntled huff and suddenly stabbed her tweezers into my skin, grabbing the splinter and jerking it out – and with it, the Second Sight on my left went all blurry.
“Fuck!” I cursed.
Thalia bent over me and frowned with a slightly intrigued expression. “Yeah, that's what I wanted to avoid. It's bleeding over into the sensory area of your second eye. Guess next time you might just give it more time?” She shrugged. “But whether it heals in a day or a week isn't my problem, is it?”