Breaking the Fever ~ by SaralynArati

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True, MizMickey. Maybe we can make him some willow bark tea. :) Also, story continues on this doll: httpwww.dolldivine.com/Azaleas-Dolls/SaralynArati-2935946

10 years ago

MizMickey

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it looks like removing heat/fever requires considerable concentration and effort on her part. it's too bad that aspirin is a looooonnnnggg way in the future.

10 years ago

SaralynArati

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Summer Wind pauses slightly in her work to meet her sister's gaze and smile agreement. The patient, who has quit raving and settled somewhat with Smoke Cat's coming, says nothing either. "Star Hawk, it would help me if you can release that heat, just let it go," she says soothingly. And then the shaman begins to concentrate, herself. Sweat beads on her forehead as motes of flame appear between her cupped hands. Finally, there is what she deems enough, and she refocuses her eyes and sighs.

10 years ago

SaralynArati

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"Do you think you can layer ice over the snow?" Smoke Cat Watching asks her sister. The girl nods wordlessly. "Good. Do that, please. Everything but his face, hands, and the soles of his feet." Looking into Star Hawk's eyes again, the shaman thinks she sees a trifle more awareness. "I'm going to conjure fire," she tells him and Summer Wind. "I'm going to pull it from the heat of his body, gather it a tiny bit at a time like building a snowball out of separate flakes. Do you understand?"

10 years ago

SaralynArati

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She takes a deep breath. "Very well," the shaman says, to herself. "Grey Owl, would you bring my sister to me?" Smoke Cat doesn't bother turning to see whether he goes. Already she is conjuring snow and packing it around Star Hawk Burning, explaining to the feverish man what she is doing in a low voice, just in case he can hear and understand her; his help would be invaluable if he can give it. She works quickly, and her patient is almost wholly covered in white when Summer Wind arrives.

10 years ago

SaralynArati

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"Will you need us?" Grey Owl asks, obviously hoping the answer will be "no." "I don't know yet," Smoke Cat says honestly, and the two men back away to let her examine her patient. His skin is hot to the touch, impossibly hot for a person whose name is not "Burning", but his talent has turned back on itself and is consuming him. "Star Hawk," she calls to him, holding his face in order to look into his eyes. A flicker of recognition surfaces, and is swamped again as thunder growls outside.

10 years ago

SaralynArati

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There is a guard posted at Star Hawk's tent, although to the casual eye it seems merely that one of his close friends is lounging by the entrance, whittling. The man nods to Smoke Cat Watching as she passes and looks relieved for a moment, despite the rain that is once again beginning to fall. Inside, Grey Owl and another young hunter are attending Star Hawk, mopping him with wet cloths and keeping him from trying to leave his bed. The fever has progressed, and he is delirious and raving.

10 years ago