He smiles back, encouraged. "We're not allowed to let non-sorcerers touch 'em," he explains. "But you're a sorceress, so you're okay, I guess?"

"It's all I've got to learn with, is the thing," he says. "At least, unless my master comes back for me."

'Unless' now, not 'until'. "I was reading the healing section a lot. I can do flesh wounds and I was working on learning broken bones but I won't know if I can handle those until I run into one."