Even after Invigoration restored Tista's lost strength, it had no effect on the now-healthy areas with missing feathers.
"What if I'm crippled? What if it takes me days or months to heal?" Tista caressed her wings, finding them so tender and swollen that they couldn't stand even her own touch.
"Don't worry. Worst case scenario, we can ask Grandma for help. I bet that you are not the first Phoenix that got hurt." Solus replied.
Tista nodded and folded the wings into her back, wincing in pain. Bleeding wounds opened on either side of her spine and there was no way to mend them.
"Open up! We need food and rest." Solus yelled at the top of her lungs to be heard by the guards on top of the battlements.
'Back when Lith lost his hair, he was in a similar condition but sleeping accelerated its regrowth. Let's hope that the same works for Tista's feathers.' She thought while the soldiers and the Head Healer mumbled between them.
