Page 25: Excision by Scott H. Andrews

Medi is a vivomancer with a desperate dilemma.  She's the only one who's ever saved a man from a deeply infected wound.  But it was a fluke.  Now, her old professor has called her back to the college.  They need to discover how she saved the infected patient, and they need to do it fast.Also, Rish and Big talk about atypical endings, surprising endings, brave endings, anything but happy ones, really.  And they bring you the somewhat-anticipated second part of the Irrational Fears discussion.  Grandparental discretion is advised.Special thanks to Nicole Suddeth for producing and editing today's story, and to Marie Brennan, Kate Baker, and Kerry Watson for lending their voices to today's episode.