Taura was willing to use it on her? Rita supposed she shouldn’t have been surprised by that, but gestures of kindness always seemed to catch her off-guard. “... If you don’t mind. Don’t forget that it’ll drain your energy, though.” If Taura was planning on going anywhere, weakening herself first seemed like a bad idea. One use probably wouldn’t hurt her much, though.

“I’m not expecting a full recovery or anything,” she added to assure Taura she didn’t have any unreasonable expectations, “but if we both take a shot or two with it, it should speed up the process a lot. I want as little downtime as possible.” And, in fact, she didn’t plan on taking any breaks.