promise and leareth
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Moondance leads her to another grown-from-trees type dwelling, where a woman is resting with her leg in a splint. "The bone is half-healed," he tells her, "but our Healers cannot do the rest today, can you...?" 

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"Yes, it'll take me a few minutes again." She looks at the woman just like she did with Lightning.

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Woodlark stares off into the distance, not speaking. 

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Moondance and Lightning, by the look of it, are sharing a private Mindspeech conversation. 

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Eventually this patient is healed too. "Anyone else? How many are there?"

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"There are two more people with less serious injuries, if you are willing to heal them as well. I would understand if you were tired though." 

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"It's not tiring, just time consuming."

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"Well, if you do not mind, they are this way." He gestures and starts walking again. 

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"I don't mind. I didn't want to have a fight in the first place."

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Moondance says nothing to that, just points her to another courtyard, where two young men are sitting in bowl-shaped chairs woven of living tree branches, feet dipped into a steaming pool of hot water. One has a broken arm splinted, the other appears to have a broken collarbone and has his arm in a sling. 

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Woodlark is still giving her an odd, thoughtful look. 

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Woodlark can look all he wants. She looks at the patients.

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They watch her back with obvious curiosity, and then shyly introduce themselves as Tree and ("hey, wanted Tree") Moss. 

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"Nice to meet you," she says, instead of "Tree is a dumb nickname", because she's polite.

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"How does the healing you're going to do to us work?" Moss says, elbowing Tree when Tree tries to interrupt him in the middle. "- shut up, sorry, he's my brother and he's annoying." 

"Hey." 

"You are." 

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Woodlark's lips twitch slightly. 

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"It's a kind of magic I learned in Fairyland."

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The brothers make slightly awkward small talk with her, asking polite questions about Fairyland while she does her staring. 

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At some point a large white horse wanders up and nudges her way in beside Woodlark, staring at Promise with piercing blue eyes that hold obvious intelligence. And a hint of hostility. 

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Animals haven't gotten less creepy. She's not sure it's better if this is a person-animal. She heals the brothers.

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"That is everyone," Moondance says quietly. "Thank you. Is that all of your business here?" 

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Woodlark is still watching her, eyes narrowed slightly; he seems off-balance more than anything else. 

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"I think so, unless you have something to say. Can I get a Gate back? I wouldn't be sure of finding my way if I had to fly the whole distance."

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"Yes, of course. I can Gate you to to the same spot as before." 

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"I don't know that I've got anything to say." Woodlark shuffles his feet a little. "I - want to know what's going on. More of what's going on, I mean. You told me what happened but I'm still in the dark about what's going to happen next. But if you don't consider it my business then I guess that's fair enough." 

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