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[birdsinthecage]

Although the library on this campus was a very interesting place, man (and Devin) cannot survive on books alone, which was exactly why the spirit had ventured out into the warm today.

Still, he wasn't quite sure what he was going to do out here. He'd had some vague notion of wandering around and seeing if he could find anybody he knew (perhaps

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In the library, a few hours after starting his morning work, Naoto was starting to feel claustrophobic. It was a little before half-past eleven when he finally gave up, clapping his laptop shut and starting to put away his books. He'd made good progress, but his mind was starting to scatter; he knew there'd be no point in trying to continue

[birdsinthecage]

Tragedy could strike at any time, Devin had found. It didn't matter how beautiful a day was; something terrible was always going to happen. All you could do was hope it didn't happen to anyone you knew.

His slightly too-big shoes loose around his feet and skittering over the hot surface of the road, he ran to the girl on the road, dropping to his knees beside the blood pooling by her head. He was aware of the skin on his knees scraping against the rough surface, but paid it no mind. He could pick out the dirt and heal himself later, after all. This human was the most important thing in his mind right now.

"Have you called the emergency services?" Although his eyes were on the body, the question was directed to the man beside her, who he hadn't looked at properly since he'd gotten there. He'd been too concerned with the human on the ground, his eyes flickering from the blood to her, estimating the damage done.

He needed to hurry. That was clear enough, he thought as he put his hand on her cheek. "Have you attempted any first aid?"

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At the sudden appearance of the - child? - Naoto... well, he was past being surprised. He stepped forward briefly, reaching out to pull the kid away from the body and opening his mouth to say something, but then stopped and pulled back at the questions. His eyes flickered over the scene - Naoto thought himself as being pretty good at sizing things up intuitively and he got the very strong impression that this person knew what he was doing.

"Yes," he said a bit belatedly. "Yes, I've called 999. I didn't do any first aid, I'm not..."

He was not equipped to deal with something like this.

"Anyway, the ambulance is coming but - she looks - I don't know, look, they said to just wait—"

Come on, pull yourself together.

Naoto took a deep breath and shut up.

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"It's all right," Devin said automatically. "You did the best you could."

The local hospital wasn't too far away, and there was a health centre on campus if the paramedics needed somewhere closer...

Still, with these kinds of injuries, it was doubtful the girl could survive without major medical problems, he reminded himself as he cradled her head. Time was of the essence and she needed help quicker than they could provide. His power took effect as he mentally called for it, sealing the wound on her head and replenishing the blood supply; repairing her damaged brain and bringing a little colour back into her cheeks.

"Ribs next," he said, mumbling to himself, a little sing-song under his breath as a little of the blood splattered over the ground sunk into the knees of his shorts. "Spine..."