[quote]”Quickly, bring him here!” the doctor saw the young man’s injuries and knew that there was little time to waste.

The young man had been in a brawl at a local tavern and picked the wrong individual to challenge. The other individual nearly disemboweled the lad with a fast slice across his belly. The near evisceration had the danger of becoming infected and septic. And the blood loss from such a large wound could easily kill the foolish brawler in minutes.

They laid the young man on a large treatment table. “Healer, we need some help!” A robed individual approached and began an incantation. As they did, a glow appeared around the young man, and as it did, the young man appeared to enter a trance, almost as if frozen in time. “Keep that aura around him until we can see just how bad the damage is.” said the doctor.

Reaching through the aura, the doctor examined the wound. It had cut cleanly through the flesh, but luckily, had missed all of the internal organs. The aura kept the body in stasis, stopping the bleeding and allowing more time for the doctor to work. But the healer could maintain this aura for no more than 90 seconds. The doctor would have to work fast.

He quickly irrigated the wound with purified water and began work to close it. He was about halfway done when the healer had to let the aura go. The wound began to bleed again, but by this time, the doctor had it under control and finished the job of stitching things up. “Get him to a recovery bed, and have a healer visit him three times a day to try to get that wound healed.”

It was going to be a busy night.|Excerpted from the logbooks of the Royal Infirmary.[/quote]