He crumpled to the floor, face red from the strain as tears leaked from eyes squeezed shut in pain. I coughed softly from the dust his falling body disrupted, grasping his healthy human hand instead of the one of metal. This time when I reached inside him, the pressure of the foreign magic wasn't as strong. I was able to slide past it, work around it while it flailed at me for attention. I ignored it as best I could, calling up on my water element magic to heal Jack.

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