"Oh, yes! It's an amazing place for medicine, really. Here, rest your arm on this--right, now just hold still for a few minutes." Joly sets the bone-mender in place and lets it start its work. "-- It's a wonderful device. But all the same, I'd like to keep you here tonight for observation--or at least for you to stay here in Milliways for a few days to rest, if you can. Healed bones can always use a little time to strengthen, and ribs bear watching." Which is why Joly's a little distracted from his usual full-force fretting right now, his attention on the machine and its work.
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