Learning to heal might be a good idea next time

[Trésor de Lys]

    Having displayed her vulnerability for long enough, Tres grabbed hold of her pendent and left the manna flow through her veins. Slowly her wings were cascaded in a manna aura, and faded until they were no longer visible. Tres lost the slight glow that came with her wings, but her features remained the same. Although her wings were what made her most identifiably angelic, her angular features, and almost perfect physical appearance still made her resemble that of who she was- a fallen angel.

    "Thank you Adrain. I appreciate that." Tres muttered in a hushed tone.

    She sat and attentively listened to Adrain as he explained the transferal process of the wing. "There should be a genetic overlap between Helena and myself, considering I was made from her missing arm. The nerve endings should attach just fine, however it may be beneficial to run a few tests first just to make sure." Tres paused for a moment considering what could happen throughout the transferal process.

    Tres blushed a little at Adrain's charm. He reminded her of Ai's playful manner, except as a male, and his complimentary ways were far more subtle. She smiled at him "I would love to. I'm sure I could provide some insight that no one else could offer. Besides, I don't mind your company either. In fact I quite enjoy it." she smiled, hoping that she was replying in a way that Ai would have reciprocated.

    Abruptly, Tres thought of and inserted into conversation "Do you have a laboratory that could support a surgery like this one? If not I could offer my clinic. I do have supplies like anesthetics, among other things that could be of use during the surgery..." Tres really just wanted to help Adrain. If she could help him figure out what sort of manna the acidic juices could hold, she would be both excited and thankful that she could help him.

    Tres could see some smoke coming out of Adrain's ears, his mind appeared to be working quite quickly. Before Tres could think about the different uses of the wing, Tres remembered the initial reason that Adrain had come to visit her. "Adrain..." she interrupted "Before we move forward with this, how about we finish your treatment, then you can show me your lab." she smiled.

    With this, Tres stood up and returned to work, she would work on Adrain's back and chest, letting her healing manna fill the cavities that were created after the incident. She also tried working on the small cuts and bruises as she worked on the larger problem spots. Overall the treatment didn't take much longer, but this time Tres appeared to be a little more cautious, considering the vision outburst that came from Adrain.

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The mage nodded when she thanked him. He knew it was a stressful moment for Tresor so he would oblige to the thought of moving on instead of lingering over thoughts that might push the stress factor. On some level, he was disappointed that Tres concealed her wings once more, her radiance fading just ever so slightly.

"Yeah, plus I want to try to make certain Helena can't take control of you somehow if she were to see you and get pissed off or whatever, I'd basically have to make sure all connections to Helena herself are severed and blocked off for your safety." he says, his mind racing through all the possible things that could go wrong. Not that they would, but better to over prepare than under.

"Alright then, I will come here tomorrow in the morning to bring you to the Arch then. Hopefully it doesn't cause any large inconvenience, but time is of the essence, I'm not entirely sure how long we can wait before actually attempting an insertion." he says, then thinking. "Plus Midwinter starts soon and it's probably better to try to get this wrapped up before than during."

When Tres mentioned the clinical facilities, he shrugs. "My lab itself, no, but the Arch has an infirmary. As far as the actual surgery goes I would only be really useful for the mana circuit connections. I'm not really that well versed in the anatomical parts, but I suppose worse case I can crash course the relevant information or find a healer who would be up to the task." he says. The thoughts would continue on the wing's uses until Tres finally snapped him back to attention with a comment about the reason he first came here.

"...Oh, right. Yes...the flesh wounds...as strange as it sounds that dropped in priority quite a lot." he says sheepishly before settling and allowing Tres to continue the healing work. He could tell that she was being hesitant about some things after the initial flare of mana that came from him. He still twitched and contorted whenever the healing mana reconstituted rifts in flesh, mostly from the lack of being used to it.

"...I swear I thought I'd be better about it than this, but now that I think about it, this is probably the first time I've been wounded to this extent to need actual healing."

[Trésor de Lys]

    Tres felt a twinge of fear when Adrain made mention of the possibility that Helena could reconnect to Tres if the surgery isn't performed correctly or if something goes wrong. She hadn't considered the probability of that happening to her. However Adrain was right. "Well we'll just have to do whatever we can do to prevent that from happening. Better to be safe than sorry." she said, agreeing with him.

    Tres knew that time of of the essence, especially in the particular situation in which they found themselves. So Tres nodded, agreeing that they should meet the next day. "My day is free. Typically I remain in the infirmary in case of an emergency... like yourself for example. However, my infirmary is only new, and no one else has heard of it really. I can close it for a day, besides there are other clinics within the area." Tres observed.

    Tres giggled at his realization. She was surprised that he wasn't experiencing discomfort as he spoke to her about Helena's wing. Apparently he needs to go over his list of priorities, and number one of that list should be his own life.

    Tres continued healing him cautiously. As she finished healing his wounds, she grew a bit tired. Tres could feel her healing manna slowly fade, which was a sign that she was almost done. She could see how nicely Adrain's skin had reformed, and felt how his deeply rooted wounds had healed. She smiled at Adrain, as she took in what he said. Well... I'm glad your first time being healed to this extent is with me. her smile was shy, but truthful. "I'm also glad you wandered into my shop." she said.

    When she finished, she grabbed herself a glass of water. Between gulps, she said "Take your time to get up, you may feel a bit dizzy considering you're not used to this sort of manna." Downing her glass of water, she realized that payment was in order. "Oh... Also, consider the wing your payment for saving your life." she smiled almost sarcastically.