37 "The scars," she wept, "they're gone! Don't
you know what those are? They're the pins from my leg!" She began to
laugh and cry at the same time.
38 Bullet carefully sat the two objects on a bureau. Backing away he
remembered The Young Speaker's words; "I could heal her," he muttered,
"'but not until she lets go of those who are gone, and ceases to
hate.'"
39 Bullet stared at the pins. "I guess it's all right, now," sighed
Sweet Blossom.
40 "Yes," agreed Bullet. "It's alright now. But I've never been so
scared in my life. Bullets, knives, fists, I can handle those things. But
this, this is something altogether different. We'd better take you to
your Doctor. Let him check it out, just to be sure."
41 Sweet Blossom laughed. At the hospital, though, no one was in any
mood to laugh. A dozen Doctors came in to examine her leg. They took
x-rays, studied them again and again, but finally gave up.
42 "It's impossible," they insisted, "absolutely impossible! We put
these pins in ourselves. There's no way they could pass through bone
and flesh to come out! And the scars are gone! The bones are
perfect- the tendons, the muscles, there's absolutely NO trace of the
injury. It just could NOT have happened!"
43 "But it DID!" laughed Bullet, "It DID happen. Now you could
convince me of ANYTHING; IF The Lords have something to do with it!"
44 "I had doubts, too!" agreed one Doctor, "but I don't think I ever
will again!"
45 "Well," insisted Bullet, "you'll have to excuse us, gentlemen, we
have to go and see a man about a mating contract. When you're given a
pre-mating gift like this, you'd better show your appreciation!"
Everyone in the room laughed except Sweet Blossom.
46 They signed contract that afternoon, and the next few days were very
happy. When Smiling Fox arrived, Bullet was reluctant to leave, but
Sweet Blossom told him she