streams of glowing green smoke flew from the tips of the fingers
,flew to the stranger, wrapped around him, and then disappeared.
Her hands were obedient again. Reana
looked at them in surprise, as if hoping to read an explanation
for what had happened, but there was nothing there. Ordinary palms
with a nearly healed cut from a stationery knife and a smudge
of ink.
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The man looked up from the fence and patted his right
leg.
He was no longer limping, but walked over to the ground
and looked at Reana:
– I actually thought you’d start with him.»
After a few seconds of stupor, the girl also went to the second one.
She had never seen
so much blood near him in her life.
What should I do? – What is it? «she asked
in an agitated voice.
«I don’t know,» the stranger said, and spread his hands. —
Cure him. And preferably as soon as possible!
Reana crouched down to examine the wounded man and thought that
she should probably run to call an ambulance, but suddenly her hand was
drawn like a magnet to the spot just above where
the black arrow had pierced her chest. Once again, the greenish light
began to sparkle and sparkle around the
unconscious man. His broken arm
took shape, something snapped, the bone snapped
back into place, the blood and scratches disappeared from his face and clothes,
and he breathed more deeply and evenly, but the arrow remained
where it was. Reana snatched her hand away.
– It doesn’t work! – No, «she said. «We need to remove this!» she
gripped the black shaft with both hands.
«Wait!» The stranger shouted at her, but it was
too late.
Reana couldn’t help but scream. She jumped
back and looked at her hands – which were covered with red blisters
,as if she had grabbed a pot of boiling water. But then
green light streamed out of her hands, illuminating the garden, and the
burn marks disappeared as if nothing had happened, except for the strip of old
cut that continued to turn pink on the side.
Reana ran back to the wounded man. As luck would have it, it started
to rain.
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«We should probably take him inside,»
she said.
«No, we can’t go to the hospital,» the stranger told her,»
at least not until we have a chance
to sort this out.»
He picked up
the man lying on the ground with no effort at all, carried him across the verandah into the house
,and laid him on the sofa.