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Pretty bad, Towhee was forced to admit, grimacing. But don’t blame yourself or even Kallik. I don’t. She inhaled and exhaled a few times to steady herself through the pain. No ragrats, she joked under her breath.

Circling back to one of the healer’s earlier comments, Towhee seized upon it in an effort to distract herself. You’re not wrong about my kids, but we were comparing them to partners. I don’t think you’d like it much if Kallik wandered in and out of your life at random, eh? She chuckled, then promptly stilled when that sent shooting pains up her leg.

What about you, Maxim? Towhee queried suddenly, still trying to keep her mind off the aching. What’re your thoughts on marriage? And children? And white picket fences?