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Kraven:
Olivia:
Vanessa:
Sera:
Commander:
Liam:
Louisa:
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Julian caught it with his left hand and immediately uncorked it. Without wasting any more second, he drank the contents in one gulp.
The liquid tasted bitter and metallic, but the effect was almost instantaneous.
A cool, soothing energy bloomed deep within his chest, spreading outward like a gentle tide. It flowed through his damaged meridians, seeping into every crack and fracture, slowing the collapse that had been threatening to tear his internal pathways apart.
The worst of the internal bleeding began to stabilize. The chaotic pain that had been raging inside him softened as well.
Even so, Julian could tell the limits of the medicine almost immediately.
The deeper damage remained and pushing himself again would only reopen everything the potion had just managed to contain.
phew!
Julian exhaled slowly as the pain dulled to a more manageable throb.
