:What?: 

Shavri surfaces from trance enough to notice that a conversation is happening. 

:...I think he might have a point. It's...very alien and very confused but it is smart, and - I don't think it's trying to be our enemy, I think it, just, somehow doesn't understand a lot of things about us: 

:Good at math: Leareth manages to push out, his Mindspeech overtones full of the strong conviction that of course this is incredibly important and calls for cooperating with the alien as much as they can. 

He focuses hard, and thinks at the Proto:

, it replies cheerfully!

It's amazing and beautiful and Leareth doesn't want to die he'll come back but the alien entity won't come back with him - probably?? he isn't sure - and every time he thinks math at it, it comes back with something ten times more complicated than he can understand - he would run his god-plans past it except that's clearly the sort of thing you should think about for a long time and establish very firm trust before doing, but in the meantime he can start working on that trust - 

He starts to flesh out a visualization of another fractal; unlike for the alien, who apparently finds this effortless, he needs to concentrate pretty hard. 

He gets as far as 

- and then realizes that he's going to throw up. Which is really incredibly rude timing, he was doing MATH. 

The other Healers are being careful enough to notice and back off; the mattress is going to be Proto'd but none of them are.

Shavri reaches out to the Proto with a Mindtouch again. :What are you doing right now: 

Shavri doesn't have the slightest idea what that is supposed to mean! 

She turns her Sight back on Leareth. 

He's not in very good shape! The Proto is causing less ongoing tissue damage but there's a lot of damage already done and his body has been kind of attacking itself in the process of trying to fight the infection, and the Healers' attempt to block his immune system is now causing lots of new problems. Also he's just about out of reserves, since the Proto has been cheerfully eating them. 

She refocuses her Healing-Sight on the Proto activity in his body - is it still slowed-down? 

Yep! It is doing what she said and floating around being very slow.

:Are you - experiencing less hostility?: she asks, pushing across her Sight of Leareth's body and the immune processes now calming down. 

:̶̧̰͓̞̖̖̽̂̅͘͠*̷̡̰̙̱̩̟̼͓̹̳͉̤̆̓͜͜ṇ̴͛͒̉̀͗͆͘͘ỡ̴̢̠̣̰̖̪͎͈̖̗̦̬̘̤̮̑̉͆̊̊̌̇͛̇̓̽̏t̸̛͉̜͑͆́̌̈́̄́͊̆̈́̓̎͠͠,̶̡̬̣̗̝͍̻͉̭̻̳̃̌̐̔͑͊̉́̀̐̆̽͘ũ̶̩̺̯̯͓͕͈͍̦̼̞̂̆̓͗͑̊́̅̏̃͜͠n̸̡̧̰͖͙̻͍͖̘̞̥̰͕̒̑̈́͛̆̆̊͒͗͛́̈͋̈́̕d̵̛͇̈͌̀͋̃̅̈́̃̚͝e̷͙̘͖̯̩̭̱͙̱͔͍̥͓̹̖͂̒̄̋̋̇͐͆͛̕͝r̶̡̪̘͈̥̤̘̓͗͌̇̆̋̋̾̅͠͝͠ͅ.̵̧̨̢̢̝̱̟̻̣͚̱͎̔͊́͌̓̄͐̈́̔a̴̛̘̟̪̯͖̜̤͗̑͒̓̔̒͐̏͌͠ṭ̴͍̼̪̝̞͎̖̙̲̜̐̾͑̽͊̒́̋̍͋͐̎̕͝͠t̶̢̥̠̼̺̣̼̲̬̠̿̈́̌̂̔̈́̃͋̄̇͊̚̕̕̕ȁ̴̮̬̥̱̬͉̯͕͌̏̒̓̏ç̴̛͇̘͉͈̬̰͍̂͐̀ͅk̸̲̀̉͛̾̒̅̏͆͌̾͘͠͝*̴̧̱͉͚͕͍̐͂̆́̀̐͌̏̚͝t̷̺̬̤͗̀̒̐͆̊̚ȩ̴̡̡̛̳̦̺̤̟̼̌͗s̸͙̟̗͇͚̪̣͔̈́́̏̔̀͆͛̍͆̐̏̀̃̚͜t̵̡̛̬̤̫̆͊̒̅͘ ̸̨̧̯̺̠͉͔̘̞̥͂̑͜͝͝ͅs̷̱̣̲̣͓͂̋̏͐͜͠a̸͈͓̒̒̓̽̓̂̆̌t̸̡̨͍̠͉̣̞̠̱̦̙̝͎̠̫̽͗͘͝ĭ̶̯̜̻̲͍̭̹͙̘̝̰̫͚͘͜s̷̨͚̯̹̒͜ͅf̶͚̠̩̘͠a̴͕̙̟͎̞͙̭̞͕̻͗͗͊͗̄͆̈́̇c̷̛͕̙͇͇̜̅́̒̓̈́̎t̷̢̳̝̠͔̣̬͕͍̃̈́́̊̓͜ơ̴̧̡̼̬̦͔͚̹͙̫̔̓̅̀̅̃̑̅͘̕̕r̷̺̮͎͋̉̅̇̒̒̊͂̑͂̚y̵̢͇͍̰̜̘̟̝̲̖̰̤͌͗̀̍̉͠?̴̘͂*̵̧͙̮̅̈̑̋̎̓͆̉̂ļ̷̛̬̻̘̬͍̭̠̥̘̆̃̅́̃̈́͗̌̄͝î̶̱͈̥̤͔̜̘͍̺͔̥̟͐̆́́̀̃̃̇̐`̸͍͎̞͔̠̮̆̄,̷̻͈͈̳̹̰̞̠̠̯͈̜̞̪̀͗͂̇̒́͝

Shavri again has the feeling that she's not quite having the same conversation as the Proto is. She's not sure what to do about it. 

:...Yes, that's satisfactory: she goes with. :Um, we need to Heal him: She focuses her Sight on some of the un-repaired spots of internal bleeding. :I want you to not eat those resources:

.̵̫̭̣̞͓̟͙̰̫̭̮͙̻̒̀̚͜͝*̸̢̢̛̞̬̯̳͓̩̠̰͙̘̐̍̀̐̋̿̋̈́̇̕͝|̵̯̪̪̩̌́̍̇̊c̸͚̤͈̱̯̝̟͎͖̯̮̦͍̳͖̓̈́͝ǫ̸̬̽̅̿n̷̜̜̼̝̬̯̖̪̾̂̈́͌͂̀͒̈́̓͗͑͠͝f̷̤͉̩͐̅ủ̸̮͇͚̻̪͎̈̎̑̆́̿̈́̆͊̋͠s̷̛̱̈́͊̔̔̋̈́́́i̷̤͈̹̥̿͛͑̃̾́̚o̵̞͎̭͖̺̙̪̟̓̑̓̓̃̓ṅ̴͖̬̈̍̑̎̚*̶̧̢̦̻̙̜̺̰̼̪̝͖̩͛!̸̢͖̯͇̊͛̀̌̇̀̎͜͝`̷̧̳̟̟̩̤͑̿̐̑̐̆̍́̋͗͠͝

Ughhhhh why is this so impossible. 

Right now the main problem is that Leareth is in shock, his heart beating fast but ineffectively and his blood pressure dangerously low, and Shavri doesn't know how to tell the Proto to stop making that worse, let alone how to help her fix it. 

She gets a link up and starts pushing Healing-energy across, mainly focused on Leareth's heart, coaxing it to beat slower and stronger. And she tries to convey to the Proto her half-visual, half-spatial prediction of how he'll look if she succeeds, with more oxygen making it into his bloodstream and then to all his tissues, and to the Proto as well...

It eats the Healing-energy.

Gaaaaaaaaaaah. 

She's failing to communicate something and she doesn't understand what's going wrong! She's so frustrated about it! Also she's already learned the hard way that hitting the Proto about it will do the opposite of help! 

...Hmm. 

She stops trying to point the Healing-energy at Leareth, and just lets the Proto eat it. But keeps showing it the mental image of Leareth's heart under Healing-Sight, what it's doing right now and what it should be doing. 

:Can you - put some of your resources here?: 

.̵̥̺̩̜̗̙̠̃̉̑̇̀̈́̓̀͌̍̾̕͠,̸̡̛̲̻͚͔͂̉͐̄͑̿̎͆̏̓̇̾̔̒c̷̢̡̧͈̮͕̩̟̬͚̐͑͘ơ̵͖͕̟͍̤̼͙̮͖̽̓̈́̎͌͋̓͋̔̈́̋̇ṉ̶̛̤͕̏̄̊̋̈͛̆̋̅͛̕͜f̸̖̤͉͓̑́́̿̈́͛̿̕u̶̼̲̞̠̙͗̈́s̶̨̢̨̮̥̦̤͓̼͔̣̝̜̗̙̈́̓́̐̑͊͂͐̄͗̈́̚̚i̸̠͈͔̱̾̐ớ̷̫̙̟͍̜̟̯̘̭͇̝̝̿̍̂̉̕̕ͅn̷̛̛̗̣̍͆́͒͗̈́̀̈́|̶̡̡̛̳͚͖̥̜̬̰͈̼͛̓͑̀̌̃̈́̑̋͛̚̕̚͜͝ͅ!̷̨̩̪̐̒̄̆̕̚ͅ

But it does sort of move its mass towards Leareth's heart.

Does this actually help in any way? 

Not...yet? It's still moving very slowly.

Well, if it's not killing him right this second, she can wait, that seems safer than telling it to go faster and risking it ripping his body apart from the inside... 

What was the patient's name... Leareth, that was it. 

:Leareth: she sends. :You with us?: 

:Mmm?: He feels so sick right now and it's making it hard to have thoughts. 

:You're a Mindspeaker - were you talking to it?: 

:Yes. Math: