Microfiction: At the Temple of Healing, by T.C. Mill  By
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priest’s eyes were bright blue in the light of the oil lamp he
had brought. Their focus never wavered as he inspected Alexis’s
new arm.  “Can you move your fingers?” His voice was soft and
clear, gentle yet impersonal. But his fingers ran over Alexis’s
restored palm in a gesture more like a caress than a
professional examination.  He’d been the same the day before,
when he examined the broken remains of Alexis’s right hand and
arm. Gentle and careful, with a hint of tenderness. He had
peered so closely at the shattered bones that his breath ghosted
over them like kisses. Alexis hadn’t minded the brief pain their
touch brought.  Now Alexis thought of a motion, impulse shifting
sluggishly from nerves to wires to clockwork, and then the metal
fingers of his right arm closed over the priest’s hand.  The
man’s breath caught, and then he