He didn’t wait for her to respond, just tossed an envelope too quick for her to catch, walking out before it hit the floor.
Helena was on shift inthe casualty ward when Ilva Holdfast and Falcon Matias appeared with four girls trailing behind them.
“Healer Marino, we’ve realised that you’re under undue strain as our only healer,” Ilva said with a completely unreadable expression while Matias was droning on about sacred duty, pronouncing an invocation, and draping sunstone amulets around the necks of the four girls. “Falcon Matias was divinely led to these four. He has interviewed them extensively to verify the sincerity of their faith and the pure intention of their souls. It will be your sacred duty to guide them as they learn to provide Sol’s intercession.”
There was a pause; Helena di
