Chapter 81: Treating the sick

 Edwin was rationing Sebastian's mana, as he was fixing the merchant's nerve endings. That meant pain for the man, but he grinned and bore it well. The scars would remain. This place was not sterile enough for a skin transplant, and there weren't any donors anywhere close, anyway.

The daughter was resting from her treatment, blinking back tears as she smiled brightly. She had not known she had cancer. These were simple traders who peddled their goods around the desert towns and oases.

Her treatment had taken the better part of the night. Now, Edwin was running low on mana. Still, he needed to make sure the man he was working on got the feeling back in his arm tonight.

That was their deal.