Location:Zhū'kethara — Kael'thoren / Research Chambers
Date/Time:Late Cinderfall, 9939 AZI — Evening
Realm:Demon Realm
The small moments accumulated.
Station after station. Warrior after warrior. Fourteen thousand years of combat and a bad shoulder. Twenty-two thousand years and a cultivation imbalance that a simple dietary adjustment could address. Eight thousand years and a healed fracture in the left hand that had fused at a slight angle — "You're compensating with grip pressure. We can reset the bone cleanly in one session."
The healers were professional. Respectful. Trained by Vaelith herself — a full week of preparation before the initiative began, focused on the cultural dimensions of demon medicine that a mixed-blood healer raised outside the realm would need to understand.
