Believe Me

Thirty-Seven: Hmm, I Wonder. -.-

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Believe Me

Ch 37: Hmm, I wonder. -.-

Sky's POV

"Okay, be quick about this. I can't stabilize Ty magically and Brice has yet to learn how." Seto glances at Ty, lets out a breath. "Alesa's medicine shouldn't have any adverse effects on him, but... Well, we'll be on the lookout. Okay, Jason? Hand me that regen potion. Thanks." He pours it down Ty's throat carefully. "Sky?" I pop the pill into Ty's mouth.

"All right. If we're lucky..." Seto takes a deep breath and falls down onto a chair next to Brice. "He'll wake up soon."

I nearly sob in relief.

While we wait, Brice assaults Seto with question after question about his collapse. "Are you sure you're okay? Did I do something wrong? Can I help at all? How come you passed out but I was fine?"

"I'm absolutely okay, you did nothing wrong, you're helping just by being here, and we'll talk about it later."

"What does that mean?" Brice asks with wide eyes.

"Nothing important. We'll talk about it later." Seto turns his gaze toward Ty. "Check him for changes. The others – everyone in the city – woke up after ten minutes."

"Half-way there," I mumble. Seto shoots me a supportive smile. Brice stands up and waits for instruction.

"Repeat after me," Seto says, and then he whispers a spell to Brice since his own magic isn't working. Brice falters unsurely but finishes the spell in the end.

"O-Okay, it says- it says his heartbeat is at ninety-two beats per minutes, a-and his D.I.S. - DIS? - is at seventy-three. Um... The rest is all jumbled and weird.

"It's okay, it'll get clearer the more you use the spell. Practice makes perfect. Anyways, that's good. Could be better, but... I think he'll live."

"When will he wake up?" I ask.

"I'm not sure. Probably within five or so minutes."

I nod excitedly and prepare to wait.

Augh. Blah. Bleh. Bloo. Blue. Squids. I hate squids. Augh.

I pull out my phone and glance at the time. "Seto, it's been five minutes."

"Be patient."

"Okay."

...

"Seto, it's been eight minutes."

"Patience."

"Okay."

...

"Seto-"

"This isn't an exact science, Sky. We don't know for sure when he'll wake up, how he'll wake up, if he'll wake up-" Seto freezes as my face drops. "Hold on, I'm sorry, Sky. There's a ninety-percent chance that he'll wake up, really. He'll be up in no time."

"Ah... You don't have to, um, lie to make me feel better," I whisper, standing up. "I'm... You don't have to be sorry, either. I was being impatient. We're all stressed out. I'm just gonna go, uh... do something."

"Sky, no, wait," Seto calls, standing up.

"See ya," I reply, and my gaze lingers on Ty for only a second before I walk out the diddly darn door.