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Liwei put his hand on Mona's back. He frowned deeply, digging his teeth into his cheek. "I.. I know... I want to know, too, but.. Damn." He shook his head. "I don't want blood on my hands, M."

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Ptelea sets her head on Admi's shoulder, sniffling. She then looks at the doctor for a moment. "You have to promise you won't hurt me." She says as assertive as she can manage. She didn't like people who acted like they cared then hurt her. She decided they were the worst people now.

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"It will hurt for only a moment," The doctor offers, gesturing towards the partially-completed work on the brace. "but it will hurt much more later if you don't allow me to do this now. You want to use your arm, don't you?" He speaks methodically with clear focus on his task.

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Ptelea gasps. "I could lose my arm??" She asks, misunderstanding. She quickly squirms away from Admi and sits back on the table, shaking slightly.

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For the sake of making the situation easier on himself, the doctor decided to try a new approach. "Indeed. You might lose your arm if you don't allow me to fix the brace. I've seen patients with one arm and let me tell you, life is very difficult for them. So let me fix your arm right now and I promise you it will be good as new within a few weeks."

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Ptelea's eyes widen fearfully. "No! I like my arm!" She hugs her arm gently to her body, glaring at him. "You bettr make it all better, kay?" She asks, before holding her arm out to him again.

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The doctor is glad that his trick worked on her, albeit not surprised. He'd dealt with young patients before. "It is my duty to do so." He takes the braced arm back into his hands and quickly tightens it. "See? That took no time at all. I hope you'll be just as helpful with the rest of your injuries."

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Ptelea looks at the brace curiously. She turns her arm this way and that. "I can't move it very well.." She frowns at him. "You sure this will be better?" She then nods. "Of course! I'm super helpful!" She smiles sweetly at him.

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The doctor clamps his hands over the brace for a moment as if to demonstrate its security. "That's the point of the brace. If you try to move your arm too much you'll only hurt it more. The brace ensures that your arm stays nice and still, the way it's supposed to. Now, won't you be helpful while I look at your ankles too?" He bends down to her feet.

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Ptelea nods slowly. "But I didn't break my arm." She frowns a bit. "So it's like a cast..but not broken..." She tries to make sense of that, before looking down at her ankles. She frowns. "They really hurt, but you can make them better too right?"

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"Of course," The doctor carefully runs his fingers across the wire marks. There was no bleeding and her circulation appeared fine. He was familiar with acts of torture that The Boss had done before. The girl had been lucky in that he had not gotten very far with cutting off her circulation. There would only be some bruising and soreness. "I'm just going to put some soothing cream on it for you." He takes a jar off his shelf and rubs the balm within it over her ankles.

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Ptelea nods and watches him. "Thank you." She says, likely the feeling of the cream on her ankles.

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"Now, your cheeks." The doctor checks them out. "Hmm... They're not that deep, luckily. You won't need stitches, but we better put some antiseptic to make sure they don't get any worse." He takes a bottle of antiseptic and carefully pours a bit on a piece of cotton wool. "Now, this is going to sting, but it won't hurt as much as when they were cut. Are you ready?"

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Ptelea whimpers slightly, but nods, trying to be brave. She closes her eyes shut, getting ready for the sting.

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The doctor dabs the antiseptic on both cuts and then puts a bandaid on each of them. "There you go. That's everything visible taken care of."

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Ptelea flinches but doesn't complain. She smiles slightly. "All done??"

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"Almost," the doctor flips open a notepad and holds a pen at the ready. "Do you have any shortness of breath or chest pain? Nausea? Just anything out of the unusual."

"Ah, then there is no need for further analysis." The doctor flicks the notebook shut. "That shall pass, although I will give you some medicine to help with the headache." True to his word, he gives Ptelea a small white pill and a glass of water. "There you go. I suspect the only thing you need now is some food. I will entrust Admi to help you with that."

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Sacha follows and stops at the base of the tree. She sighs and sets her bow across her back and begins slowly climbing the tree. There weren't a ton of footholds, but she was able to pull herself to a low branch. She sits on it and looks out at the camp, frowning as she can't see anything. Grumbling internally, she climbs a few branches higher..