"I think if it's just for a few minutes it'll be okay." She didn't know this for certain, but if Ben wasn't arguing it then she wasn't going to point that out. "We'll call them in, of course. I don't mean for us to spend the entire time she's awake with her. I think we both need a chance to be with her and maybe explain what's going on. I don't want her to be afraid."

She wished the healers could have provided more concrete answers than all responses had been. "They said it likely wouldn't be long, a few hours maybe." Which, compared to the eternity they'd just sat through wasn't much time at all.

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