Location:Seven Peaks — Medical Hall, Verdant Spire
Date/Time:TC1854.03.04-05
Mira worked on Kael for two hours.
The cracked rib was the worst — not dangerous, but painful in the particular way that structural damage was painful, every breath a reminder that the body's architecture had been compromised. The formation burn on his left arm was infected, which Mira treated with a combination of spiritual energy and an anti-inflammatory compound from Lin Yue's production line that cost more than the Seventh District woman's entire market stall. The split lip was superficial. The bruising was extensive. The exhaustion was the kind that sleep alone couldn't fix — the bone-deep depletion of a man who'd been running on adrenaline and fatherhood for sixty hours and had nothing left.
Raven listened to his report from the doorway. Thorne beside her. Arms crossed. Face neutral.
