Note: Previous chapter edited. Nothing big. Just grammar fixes.
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Seconds trickled by while I waited for the emerald light to subside—a flash so bright that I could see it through closed eyelids. When the light finally vanished, I heard Liara call out to me, and she sounded more cheerful than I'd ever heard before.
"You did it, Wisdom!" the she-elf yelled in such an enthusiastic way that I almost mistook her for Dess.
I opened my eyes just in time for Liara to tackle me in an embrace that sent us both crashing into the ground.
Yeah, I know, this whole hugging thing was starting to become a habit between us. I wasn't going to complain about it though. The cave-boy in me would riot if I did.
"You're a genius," Liara whispered as she raised her head just enough so that our noses were almost touching. "Crazy, but genius."
