"How ya doing? Gabby's face came into view, and she grinned down at me. She'd stopped doing her healing thing, and the pain rushed in.'I'm just peachy, I quipped, throat scratchy. 'Only hurts when I breathe or blink or exist, if I'm being honest."

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"How ya doing? Gabby's face came into view, and she grinned down at me. She'd stopped doing her healing thing, and the pain rushed in.'I'm just peachy, I quipped, throat scratchy. 'Only hurts when I breathe or blink or exist, if I'm being honest."

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