She’d been half-tempted (okay, more than half) to call in and switch her shift around to the evening one just so she could spend more time up in the air when Ino had realized that, really, the notebooks she was using were rather impractical for really being useful for a full coast-line map. Even at her scale, it was a rather lot of pages, all
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Sigh.
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"It can't be too broken," Ino said soothingly, "if you're here because you can't sniff. What happened to you? How'd you get all those bruises? Let me look at them."
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"You are very tiny."
It was a start.
And he held himself still so she could look.
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"Do you sing, Ino?"
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"I can sing," Ino said, "though I doubt I'd want to make a living out of it." Pretty much, she had a perfectly average voice and was happy with that. "How did this happen?"
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But there was a small gasp. "You are the first person to tell me that since I've been here. Perhaps you would care to sing a duet?" Blink. "When my voice is normal once more, that is. Someone's fist slammed into my face."
It was the ugly truth.
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"Do you want me to fix your whole face?" Ino asked, once the urge to laugh had subsided. "Um. A duet? I... suppose, I guess I could? I'm not fantastic though, just so you understand that."
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While it hurt to do so, he beamed at her. "Oooh, that would be lovely. To fixing my whole face and the duet."
Wait. He cocked his head. "Pardon me, my lady, did you say my whole face?"
Was that possible?
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"Your whole face," Ino said, nodding and pulling back. "Your poor eyes and that lip looks sore. It's a... skill. I can heal people."
Well, of injuries at this level, it was no problem.
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He sighed in relief; the whole of him relaxing at the knowledge of being healed.
"I will pay you handsomely, dear one, I swear it."
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Well, because Cable-san had ordered her to, but shhh.
"Close your eyes, okay?" Ino said. "It'll probably tingle a bit, like... leaves brushing your face, you know? ... while I work, but it won't take longer than a few minutes."
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"Perhaps you could sing to me while you heal me," he suggested quietly.
It was worth a shot, yes?
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