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. He's ice and fire and you get burned if you get too close. But once you meet him, you can't forget him. He captures you and you get pulled along behind. I never told anyone this before," Xris added casually, watching Rowan, "but I saw him perform a miracle."
Rowan glanced up at him. "Really?"
"Cross my heart--or maybe I should say battery pack. Anyway, it was when I was working for Lady Maigrey, helping His Majesty escape from the Corasians--among others. One of Dion's friends--a man called Tusk--was with Dion. Tusk got shot up pretty bad. Belly wound, sucking chest wound. About as critical as I've seen. Anyway, I managed to rescue him, get him back on board his own spaceplane.
"His wife was there. Great gal. Name's Nola. She was a soldier. She knew how badly Tusk was hurt. I had a dose--a hefty dose---of painkiller. Enough to kill the pain in this world, ease him into the next. I was going to use it, when Dion boarded the spaceplane.
"Nola asked him to save her husband. Hell, I thought she was crazy with grief, but no. And what I saw next, I'm still not sure I believe. Dion took hold of Tusk's hands and he started talking to him, real soft, and... and Tusk got better."
Rowan was looking at him oddly.
"What do you mean?" she asked finally. "Tusk 'got better.' Did his wounds heal that instant?"
"No." Xris shook his head. "It wasn't a change you could see
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