I was hardly aware of Mia or Victor, because, suddenly, Tessa was fighting to take control again. In spite of everything, she wanted to help him. What a bleeding heart. First thing I was going to do after rejoining thee others was ask Spati and/or Hela to teach me how to split away from her--so I'd lose the ability to heal others, it didn't much matter to me, she'd have it, and lose most of her fighting strength.

I finally managed to push Tessa back, and looked at Victor. He seemed much better now, and I approached him cautiously.