Chapter 74: Seraphine's Gift
On a morning in late April, Seraphine came to the Bond Welfare office with a document folder and a quality of purpose that was different from her usual professional purposefulness.
Elowen looked up from the case notes she was reviewing and read Seraphine's expression with the attention she had developed for the specific vocabulary of the healer's face.
"Sit," she said.
Seraphine sat.
"I have been working on something for the past three months," the high healer said. She set the folder on the desk. "Without mentioning it to you. Deliberately, because I wanted it to be complete before you saw it and because I was not certain you would approve of the project while it was in progress."
Elowen looked at the folder.
"It is a comprehensive clinical history of y
