25 Restored Sigh (1/2)

The two weeks passed slowly for James and Sapientiis, as each waited for Lilly to wake up. Briar, James, and Patientiam returned to the healing tree where Lilly slept. Patientiam gave her brother a hug and he cried in her arms.

'How is she, Sapientiis?' Briar asked.

'She's… woken up a fe…w times, but then fell asleep again. I don't kno…w if she'll ever… wake up. It's all my fault!'

Briar wrapped his arms around Sapientiis. 'No, Sapientiis. You have done a great service for Lilly. I'm sure she'll be up soon.'

James seated himself next to Lilly and picked her up. Tears ran down his face as he held her. When night came, Sapientiis and Patientiam fell asleep. Briar moved next to James who still held her. Then one of her hands reached up and touched James' cheek.

'Good morning, James.'

'You're awake!' James pulled her closer and kissed her.

She pulled away with a quiet, 'Ow.'

'What's wrong?'

'Still getting used to the energy lines being attached. How are you doing?'

'Much better now that you're awake.'

Her brow furrowed. 'Sapientiis?'

'He's sleeping,' Briar said.

'…Who's sleeping?' Sapientiis asked.

Patientiam didn't stir.

'Guess not,' Lilly said to Briar.

'Rosae Lilly? Are you awake?'

'Yes, Sapientiis.'

He moved to her side and gave her a hug.

'Not too tight. I still hurt a little.'

'Sorry. Are you okay?'

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'I am. How are you doing?'

'Okay, I guess.… I'm sorry,' he said, crying into her shoulder. 'I… I shouldn't….'

'Sapientiis. You did what you were meant to do. I feel better now than I have for several hundred years and all because you were willing to help James.'

'But you've been asleep for two weeks.'

'Which is a lot shorter than it would have been. Thank you, Sapientiis.'

'You're… welcome, Rosae Lilly.' He gave her one more hug then laid back down to go to sleep.

Lilly started to sit up and James helped her. She wrapped her arms around him and rested her head against his chest. 'How were your two weeks with Briar?'

'They were lonely, but I learned a lot from what he taught Patientiam and from what Patientiam taught me on the walks that she took me on.'

'I'm glad.'

'Lilly?' Briar asked. 'What are the energy lines for and why are they important?'

'They are for a healing technique that allows me to channel the earth's energy through myself to heal someone else. It is important to me, because it was the last healing gift my mother gave me.'

'I see. What caused it to break?'

'I was healing a family, using this technique, when word came that the last of my Human family had passed on. As my heart broke, so did all the energy lines. They broke and knotted so quickly that I could do little more then hyperventilate. The Adremedians nearby found me unconscious and the family I was working with still in need of help. I was put in a healing tree with a guardian. They finished healing the family, but continued to worry over me.' Lilly turned her face more into James chest.

'How long where you out?' James asked.

'If I recall correctly...nearly a year.'

'A year!?' Briar asked, surprised that she had, been in death recovery for another long period of time.

'Please don't wake the young ones,' she said. 'Tomorrow they should be ready to be on their own.'

'Isn't that a bit soon?' James asked, sensing how young they were.