If I Could Through Myself Set Your Spirit Free

There were parts of him she could never heal; she knew it before she ever started, and saw it again in his eyes when he woke. She wished desperately to draw all his pain away, not just as a healer wishes to bring relief to a patient, but as a soul longs to see another free itself from anguish.

It was not to be, and he would not have it anyway.

She feared, then, for what might come to pass before he found peace, and how many more would need healing before he was able to grant it to himself.

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Title taken from the song "Bad" by U2."