Excerpt: He supposes that wasn't the first time he'd taken a wound onto himself. But the incident with the cat opened his eyes. He had a gift, one that let him perform miracles. So why not use it?

Notes: I wrote this for my local library's short story contest last year. (I tend to write a lot of stories for my local library's short story contest.) I didn't win even though I totally should have, but this is still a pretty solid story despite that. Mild trigger warning for war.