Before each student performed, there was a waiting period, an hour in which the academies prepared. During that time, every participant was asked to state what they would need in order to properly showcase their skills.
For Safa, this had been a difficult task. Healing wasn't flashy like fire or lightning, nor could it be easily measured in front of a crowd. To truly demonstrate the breadth of her ability, she would need a long line of injured people, or perhaps even someone hovering on the edge of death. Only then could she show how powerful her light magic really was.
But neither of those options was practical. Injured volunteers were not so easy to come by, and no one was going to provide someone near death just to prove her worth. In the end, Safa had settled on a compromise. She would use Piba. He would create a wound for himself, and she would heal it. Simple.
