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I was awakened by the rythmic beeping of a heart moniter. I opened my eyes to see I was in a white hospital room. My chest was aching, so I looked down and saw a flat, hand-sized apparatus grafted to where Nefilhame's spear pierced me. It looked like a black brooch with a large red jewel set in the middle, and three smaller jeweled brooches set beneath it. I looked to my right, and beside the i.v. there was a panel with a small blue button. "Oh, painkillers." I pressed it, and a small dose of clear fluid entered the drip. "Mmmm. Morphine."

When that was done, I looked to my left and saw Shayra sleeping in a chair by the door, snoring softly. "Popper. Hey, Popper." I said. She didn't respond. "Popper!" I said again, loudly. She snapped awake. "Claive! You're up!" She replied joyfully.
"You know, this whole 'waking up in a bed feeling like crap' situation is getting old. Ugh." She chuckled. "So, Fluffy, I've got-" I held up my hand and said, "Hold that thought." because there was someone hiding on the the wall. I picked up a syringe on the table next to me and threw it. The person shifted and spoke. "That's my star student. Even busted up and drugged up, he can still detect the faintest presence." It was the voice of Palgaro-Sensei! He dispelled his illusion and landed on the ground. "Your aim was perfect, too. If I hadn't moved, that needle would have been planted in my eye." His black and silver overcoat gently glistened with arcane energy as he walked over to my bed. "We have some talking to do, Claive."


[Continued in Chapter 15-2]