"Well you can count me out for murder."  he said in some cross between incredulous and sarcasm.  "And that." he said gesturing to Mira when she suggested an alternative.    He knew her to be his sister, older by nearly a decade and sickly since childhood, and yet she stood there as a hale and healthy stranger that he couldn’t help but think of as quite young some how. 

"Will it set back in immediately if he wakes?" he asked with a decidedly more graven tone. 

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