The doctors pulled Daniel aside. They spoke in low voices.
“What the boy did shouldn’t have worked. There’s no medical explanation.”
But the child had responded.
They ran the scans again.
Noah’s brain activity had changed. Not healed, but waking.
The doctors had no words.
Eli sat alone in a chair, his stomach growling. A nurse brought him food. He ate slowly, as if it might disappear if he hurried.
Later that night, Daniel returned.
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