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Gev’s deeper arm wounds would probably sting for a while, but they at least seemed fully closed…

“Yeah, I’ll bet,” she remarked wryly as she formed a new water sphere, which she then rather unceremoniously shoved onto the wounded thigh, letting it spread on, around, and in the gash. A wisp of blood drifted up through the water, and several ethereal impressions of fish nipped at the drift, and the wound. Gev could definitely feel that, and it didn’t feel great, but the warmth of the water spread through, and did seem to be helping with the gash.

Hypatia leaned in close, watching closely. “Hmm, looks like it’s working…slowly,” she mused. “I really need a way to keep these things around longer.” By the time the sphere dissipated (with a soft plop again), the stab wound was looking considerably smaller. It was still there, though, and weeping blood.

Hypatia nodded. It was smart—if a bit nuts—to test the healing like that. “Knowing limits certainly helps. Though, I might be able to make it stop bleeding with another orb. It just doesn’t last long enough to heal completely,” she observed. “Nor does it, you know, seem to do what a doctor would do: Close the wound, and let the body sort it out.”

“Unfortunately, the orbs don’t hold together if I’m not touching it. I can throw it, but as soon as it hits something, it splashes and is gone. I’ve used that a couple times as a distraction, but that’s definitely a waste.”

“Hmm…yeah, finding another ‘support senshi’ would make sense. I’m sure there’s one or two out there.” Hypatia nodded. There was wisdom in that suggestion.

She watched him stand, wince, and announce the sufficience of this patrol. Her gaze drifted back to the youma still poking around. It hadn’t found anything still. She frowned at it ever so slightly, but decided to let it go. Her attention returned to Gev, and she nodded. “Sure, alright,” she agreed. “But first, I can still make another of my Reef Drops—I’ve only made two tonight. Let’s see if a second one on the same spot helps.”

She put her hands together in the same motion she’d done twice before to create one, but kept them together, as if waiting to make sure he wouldn’t just jump off into the night. Well, not “as if,” that was exactly what she was doing.

Hypatia nodded with a small, wry grin on her face. “Yes, it was your own dumb fault for stabbing yourself…but the reason for it makes sense to me, and I haven’t tested what happens with a second one on the same spot yet, so…you’re lucky.” Her grin got just a bit bigger before she added, “This time.”

With that, she separated her hands slowly, causing the large water drop to reappear, and she quickly brought it over to the still-bleeding wound. “Now hold still, I’m gonna leave it on here until it’s gone.”

"And you," she responded, still smirking a bit, "don't get any funny ideas."

The pressed the glowing water onto the wound again, letting it glob around the leg with a small plop. As before, it created a small stinging sensation as small, ethereal fish nipped at the wound--which resumed closing. "Hmm, looks like it's working," she said, watching it carefully.

It wasn't too long before that dissipated as well. The stab wound ended up being more like a minor cut. Much more manageable, she figured. "Okay. That's about all I can manage. But hey, good to know it's just 'keep holding it' instead of some kind of weird hard limit." She stood all the way up, and nodded at Gev.

Once she was standing again, Hypatia couldn't help but giggle lightly at him as she observed his expression. "Ah, so you aren't just some completely dour, angry, guy, huh?" She patted him on the shoulder.

They were finding themselves in territory Hypatia actually didn't feel lost in, all of a sudden, and her grin widened. "Oh, you're very welcome," she told him. "It was very informative, in a couple of ways."