strangetrip | [Locked to Kash] Healing

It didn't matter how much he stretched the muscle or how much he ignored the pain, Alex's wound was slower to heal than he'd like. That was normal for him. What he missed was Ginny making fun of his lack of patience. God, he missed her so much, but he also heard her voice to stop punishing himself and move forward. He rubbed his hand over his face as he left the gym. His leg more tired since his workout with Buffy.

For a brief moment he thought about heading to the spa for a massage but declined. He was more of a suck it up, buttercup kind of guy which was why he was ignoring his limp as he headed toward the pool. He was debating between a swim or a beer at the pool bar, maybe both. Unfortunately for Alex, before he reached the pool area, he did a misstep on the sidewalk and his leg gave out. Instead of going down with an embarrassed thud, he spotted a small bench close enough to collapse onto. "Son of a bitch." He muttered as his ass hit the wooden planks. He really hated not being at full speed.

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Alex appreciated the silence, each in their own thoughts as well as the understanding that passed between the two men. At the question, he turned to look at him with a small lopsided smile, "yeah, I would."

He realized that the doubts were still there but more subtle in the back of his mind than before. He'd opened his mind enough to give it truly give it a try and expect results.

"First I need to cleanse the infection." It could get infected again, but this would cleanse it for the time being. "It's a restoration spell. You'll feel like you just had a bath in a cold mountain spring and a pool of sunlight all at once. There shouldn't be any pain, and as the feeling fades, you should notice that the knee is less inflamed and less sore to the touch."

There wasn't any pomp or show about how Kash performed his spells. He grasped the symbol, spoke the magical incantation and the warm sunlight gold of Life pure and symbol rose around the symbol, somehow warring with a fizzing tension against a black light that was Vesh's. The gold burst through after a brief second and swept through Alex cool and sunlight warm at once.

Without even realizing it, Alex's muscles tightened, even though he knew there wasn't reason for it. As soon as he felt the first sensation, his muscles relaxed. That's when he knew that they had been tight. It was reminiscent of the first time he'd gone on a solo mission. The dichotomy of sensations were melded to make an even stronger version of himself.

He reached down to poke and prod at his knee but Alex knew that he really didn't need to. It had begun to feel better as soon as the other sensation faded. "It does feel easier to move. There isn't the pang and twinge that was there before." That was an understatement. Alex always underplayed the strength of the his pains. What was a twinge for him would be a level five pain to anyone else.

"Don't take that as an excuse to push it. If you want it repaired, you need to give it time to stabilize." Kash checked the mobility by bending it and gently rotating the leg at the knee. He didn't have the missing tissues to apply back to the body for a regenerate spell and "curing" the wound would seal it, leaving nothing left to fix.

Instead, he directed a Healing Word at the site of the injury. It would facilitate the process without impeding future interventions.

"If it starts feeling hot or swollen again, find me. Otherwise, take it easy for a few days and I'll start the longer-term process next week."

It sounded so much like something Ginny would say that a smile tugged at his lips despite himself. "I'd promise, but I try not to make promises I probably won't keep. I can promise that I won't overexert and that sounds good about continuing it next week."

[Locked to Kash] Healing

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