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The tension and silence were suffocating inside the van as we made our way back to the enclave. A trip that was supposed to be nine hours long, would take only seven because of Theron’s heavy foot—even with the snow falling hard. If he could, he would have gone even faster, since some of us needed the help of an experienced healer.
Ramon had bandaged his leg and stopped the bleeding. With his new super healing, he would be okay, without even a scar to tell the tale. Ellie had her burned hands wrapped in a cloth with some crude healing paste Artan had brought. It wouldn’t heal the burn, but it would make it bearable until we got back to Lovell. I had closed the stab wound in Artan’s stomach, but it had been hastily done. He would still need his grandmother to lessen the scar, and make
