Bubbles formed around Delaney's lifeless hands. With a series of nods and pantomimes she directed the bubbles to carry her hands back to her bleeding stumps. She worked with composure and efficiency, wasting no time affixing her pieces back together. When the hands had reattached to their proper positions, the bubbles popped and doused her forearms in blood.

When the blood evaporated, not a trace of the mishap remained.

(Chapter 6)