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Who: Josiah, Lilith, Naminé, Aerith
What: Something's wrong with Lilith and a healer is needed
Where: The loft
When: Pi Day


Naminé hurriedly shut her laptop as soon as she learned Josiah's location, then pulled on her jacket and rushed outside. It was warming up in Radiant Garden, but Naminé could still see her breath. There were a few weeks yet to go till spring. Then again, it was hard to tell with all the weather shifts. It had been cold like this for the last day, but prior to that it had been pouring and before that, snowing. Before that, at least eighty degrees. Naminé was kind of glad that it had gone back to cold.

She flew down the street and into the Borough. It was quiet here too--all in all things had been lazy around the Garden. Naminé burst into Aerith's house and yelled for her.

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He caught the look on Namine's face and the gentle warning tone in Aerith's voice and hesitated. By being there, he was putting them in danger, but...

He sank into one of the chairs, exhaustion making him slump. He didn't want to fight anyone physically, but if Calum tried to resurface, he would make him have to fight for it, poison or no.

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"Good," she murmured. Another Curaga, and the wound finally closed. Aerith sighed in relief and rose, casting Cura on him. She couldn't say she knew for sure what was wrong with him, but it was obvious that he had his own problems, and she didn't want to lose him, either.

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He closed his eyes and fought off sleep. Dammit, he was tired. Tired of fighting someone who knew their way around the grimoire more than he did, and tired of other people getting hurt because of that person. He wish he knew a way around the spells that Calum kept casting, a way to keep everyone else safe...

He sighed wearily, not really noticing Namine or Aerith anymore. There had to be a way around it. He knew that much - just... finding it and actually being able to have the strength to pull off such a spell... the thought of it made him want to sleep for a very, very long time.

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Naminé let out a soft sigh. While she was happy that she had a heart...

"I can't help anyone this way," she murmured.

Right now, all she wanted to do was jump into Josiah's heart and beat this Calum to a pulp. She would need Yen Sid's help; she wasn't strong enough to do it on her own. But with a heart, her memory powers had faded. It was done. She couldn't help anyone like she'd helped Cheryle.

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Aerith glanced at Namine in surprise before turning back to Josiah with a smile. She watched him, studying his movements. They were getting more and more lethargic, but for now, she'd done all she could. The rest would be up to him and his demon friend.

"Josiah," she said softly, "I need you to sleep, okay? We'll still be here to make sure you and Lilith are alright, but now you both just need to rest."

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He wanted to protest at Namine's words, at the quiet emotion in her voice, but he wasn't even sure he heard it right.

Aerith's suggestion sounded far away, but it wasn't a bad idea. Even if he had the energy to protest, he was already only half-awake anyway, and her words only pushed him further into a hopefully nightmare-free sleep.

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Naminé watched him drift off, then turned to Aerith. How many Curagas had the poor woman cast? She would probably need rest after this.

"Aerith, do you need a break? I can watch them."

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She nodded in satisfaction when Josiah drifted off. Rest would do him good.

Aerith smiled at Namine's suggestion. "I don't think it's necessary now. They both appear to have stabilized for the time being, so it should be okay. But that doesn't mean you can't stay to watch them anyway, if you want."

She paused, remembering the girl's earlier words. "Namine... you can help people the way you are now, even if you can't do what you used to be able to," Aerith said softly. "You just have to find the way that works for you."

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Naminé thought about it briefly, and then the solution came to her so quickly, she was surprised she hadn't thought about it sooner.

"Aerith, could you teach me to heal?"

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She stared at Namine curiously. It wasn't a solution she'd expected the girl to come to, but she smiled nonetheless.

"If that's what you want, then I'd be happy to."