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The trouble with translators was that everything was up to interpretation. Well, that was the trouble with conversing in general. In this, she could only hope the translation was true and to do that she would need to explain what she was considering. "No magic." Her ears lowered for a half second as her muzzle twisted. Alternative methods of healing were simply alternative, but they were just obscure enough that they could be mistaken for magic... This would be... challenging, to say the least.

Citali positioned herself behind Kivi and placed a paw at the nape of the girl's neck. With her eyes closed, she pressed her paw over the girl's spine, pressing periodically to feel the muscles and tissue around the girl's backbone as she worked her way up to where the neck met with the girl's skull.

"There's some internal fluid here," she confirmed, stepping aside to the wolf might feel the swollen area for himself if he so desired to double check her diagnosis. "The head is the center point which communicates with the rest of the body. The fluid here is disrupting the flow of thought and it can not speak with the rest of her finer motor skills. For all we know, she could be alive and thinking in there, she's just unable to let us know."

She could talk this one out... explain their options... and let him decide. "Often times, in the case of traumatic injury, this fluid builds to protect the brain. In some cases this build up does not drain naturally and sends the body into a comatose state. The pressure around the base of her skull needs to be relieved, but this is where it gets tricky. I see two options. Reopen a wound at the base of her neck and hope it drains... or try a non-traditional form of healing. The first is difficult. There are a lot of muscles and arteries in the area so one's teeth must have absolute accuracy or risk paralyzing her or bleeding out. The second..." she hesitated. This was a safer method, but it could blur on the lines of magic depending upon his culture.

"The second runs on the theory that energy moves throughout the body and that all areas are interconnected. A trigger point for the base of the skull resides on the inner most toe of the left paw." Citali lifted her own to indicate the aforementioned area. "It is thought that bleeding the toe can trigger those nerve endings and jumpstart those at the base of the skull, therefore allowing the body to reflexively expel the fluid at her cranial base, down the channel of her arm through the opening in her toe." And that was why it was so farfetched.

"It's a long shot, but it would be the safer option." This girl's body would be able to heal a bloody toe far easier than she would be able to recover from paralysis, which was often permanent. "Since the injury is internal... the only options are to open her up in some form or another."