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"Sadly, no." the doctor replied with a chuckle.

"As for your other question, about 24 hours." he told her.

"You were in critical condition when you got in here." he said. "But now it's like nothing ever happened." he added with a small smile.

"In terms of looks, anyway." he clarified.

"How are you feeling?" he then asked her.

"Anything feeling off or abnormal?"

"She can't teleport?" Lindsay asked, as they both waved back.

"Hospital." Ash replied simply.

".........................right." Lindsay admitted sheepishly.

And after a time, Kalin groggily came to consciousness, and found herself in a hospital room, in a hospital bed.

With the doctor checking over her charts.

"Well, good morning." he greeted her.

"Or, afternoon, as the case is now." he then added.

"Here." Ash replied, tossing her the keys.

"I'll be following soon." he told her.

"Say Hi to Mom for me if she's there." he went on.

"And let her know what's going on." he continued.

"...actually, don't." he then corrected himself.

"We'll let Lindsay surprise her with a visit." he smirked.

"Oh... I see." Lindsay replied.

"I gave you my number." Ash said to him.

"You really should come by and talk to Mom." he said further.

"Yeah... yeah, I should." Lindsay agreed.

"Do you want me to tell her you were here, at least?" he then asked Casey.

Lindsay looked confused.

"Hm?" he asked.

"Do you not want to be here when your sister wakes up?" he asked.

"I'm sure she'd love to see you again." he said further. "I mean, you've been apart for quite some time, I'm assuming." he went on.

The doctor shrugged as well.

"We do what we can." he said.

"This is a massive relief." Lindsay commented.

"Yup." Ash agreed.

"It'll be a bit before she wakes up, though." the doctor then warned.

"Odds are she won't wake up until tomorrow afternoon."

"Yes, there IS that." Ash reiterated.

"Thanfully..." Lindsay said quietly.

Some more time passed, before the doctor emerged again, which caused Lindsay to stand up immediately.

"She'll be fine." the doctor said preemptively.

"It'll be like nothing happened." he added, which caused Lindsay to flop back down in relief.

Lindsay was silent for a moment.

"Well... um... let's see it was a convalescence of volatile mana." he said.

"....eh?" Ash muttered.

Lindsay then sighed.

"Long and short of it, I was helping someone with something, and Kalin was along as well. The mana that was being used was delicate and violent, but we were sure that it would be fine." he said.

"...and then suddenly Kalin's wind mana decided to flare up..." he mumbled.

"...........oh." Ash responded.

"So it was a freak accident." he said.

"With some negligence on MY behalf." Lindsay lamented.

"................." Lindsay was silent as he heard this.

"So... twin brothers that had been separated early in life ended up adopting twin sisters that had ended up being separated early in life." he commented.

"Pretty much." Ash chuckled.

"Fate is very strange." Lindsay then said.

"Fate is hokum and bunk." Ash commented quickly.

"You forge your own destiny."

"....." Lindsay was silent, before sighing.

"At least it's improvement." he said.

"That's true." Ash agreed.

"Oh, yes." Lindsay then said further, looking at Casey.

"Do you know Kalin?" he asked.

"You share a remarkable resemblance to her, and Ash has told me your last name is Kiczys." he commented.

"It came up in conversation." Ash shrugged.

"So, are you two related?" Lindsay inquired.

"Multiple third-degree burns, and a few broken bones." the doctor replied.

"The burns being the worst." he went on.

"In some dangerous areas as well, but... we're working on it." he said further.

He was silent as he looked back at the doors, and sighed.

"I'm going to get back in there and finish things." he told Casey.

"If you see her father before I'm out, tell me what I told you." he said to her further.

With that, he went back into the room, and... some time later... Ash and Lindsay came back.

"Any word yet?" Lindsay asked Casey.

"Bad? No." the doctor responded.

"More... extensive." he said.

"I needed to step away due to needing 5 minutes to let my hands rest." he explained.

"They're in there keeping her stable, while other doctors tend to her." he continued.

"That's all." he said.

"Though she DID suffer some severe damage in places." he then admitted.

The doctor shook his head.

"Family is family." he said.

"And family look out for each other." he told her.

"Anyway, we're still working on her." he said. "But she IS stabilizing." he said further.

"She's not out of the woods YET, but it's looking promising." he went on.

"I wish I had more definitive good news, but I needed to step out anyway." he sighed.

"Hm?" Doctor Calder responded.

"Kiczys?" he asked.

"Indeed." he said.

"That IS her last name via birth." he commented, before pausing.

"...if I recall, it's YOUR'S as well." he then said.

"I assume you two to be related?" he asked.