Helena took it, and the necrothrall turned and walked away. Helena didn’t usually open the missives, but this time she broke the seal and pulled out the contents, looking for instructions or a message. It was just an encoded intelligence report. On Saturnis it happened again. She hadn’t considered that Kaine could do that, but there was nothing about the way his information was passed on that required the in-person meetings. She spent her newfound free time in the laboratory experimenting with Shiseo, who had become a collegial companion and collaborator. Because healing was considered separate from medicine and medical care, the two did not always complement each other. Many sedatives inhibited vivimancy, requiring countering or workarounds in ways that made the healing process unne

