Elyss nodded.

"Agreed," she replied. "We shall do the division of rations first before we proceed with the operation. Oh, by the by, may I ask if I can have Mano alongside me during operation? I will be training him as my apprentice. I can't be the only medic around, its bad for the team." She said cheerily.

"I see no reason why not. I believe since the making of the arm, Master Edward has taken quite a liking of Master Mano. I just hope Master Mano won't mind Master Edward's condition. Anyhow, ready when you are." Orwell marched back to Edward who was amusing himself with rocks.

Elyss walked to Edward and smiled.

"Hello, Ed," she said. "After I fix the rations with Orwell, we will begin operation. Does this time seem okay with you?"

Yogi found nothin, but he got to repair some more trees and replant more vegetation, doing his job for the environment.
He preferred being a lone wanderer, so when he took the janitor work, it wasn't too bad.
Only till he repaired the 15th tree then did he think of the group.

The boy looked up, he was busy creating buildings out of stone, stacking them up and using some tools he had on hand to smooth them and shape them to fit better. A building was already almost as tall as him and he was building up a few more. "Sounds good Miss Elyss." He nodded.

The porthole opened and Orwell spoke up. "Madam Elyss if you could make your way inside." Inside the Obelisk, stacked up in the shelves are 14 rations packs. A ration pack contains enough nutrients and calories for one day's meal. "I am used to managing Master Edward's intake, and we would have him only eat half a pack a day. But I don't think that the rest of the party can handle such portions. Perhaps you can be the judge, after examining everyone's body, you can choose the minimum amount they would require to be sated."

"I'd have to get everyone's BMI for that, Orwell," Elyss muttered rubbing her chin. "I know what standards humans need to survive and I know a bit of Fraysan for Nikolai's different biology. Let's see their contents shall we?"

Elyss took a look at the contents of the ration and began to create her own version of the portions. With eight people to feed, she began to segregate. She managed to portion them so that it would feed them all for a week or less. The porcelain woman smiled at the work done and looked to Orwell.

"Could you send Mini-Obelisk to fetch Edward?" She asked. "Its time for the operation. If you could also find Mano, that would be great. I assume he'd be performing an autopsy on the dog like Izardle."

"At once Madam Elyss." The mini Obelisk revved to life and coptered out. It began flying over to Mano as Orwell spoke to Edward, who was busy cutting away chunks of his buildings to make them look more realistic. "Master Edward, we will be commencing the operation shortly, if you could make your way into the Obelisk please?" The boy nodded and as he walked Orwell continued talking, "Madam Elyss is taking Master Mano as an apprentice so he will be sitting along with her to watch the operation, is that okay with you?" The boy nodded and Orwell sighed in relief. The boy climbed into the mech.

The mini Obelisk flew out of the cave and made its way to Mano. "Master Mano," Orwell stated, "Madam Elyss will soon begin operation on Master Edward and is requesting your presence. Seems that you have taken an interest in becoming a healer so she wants you to take part in helping Master Edward." The robot was prepared to lead Mano back to the Obelisk when he was ready to go.

Mano, having just finished removing all the skin and positioning the creature so it's on its back, gets off of it, gently landing on the carefully folded skin pile. "Nice! I'm just learning where the cuts are on this beasty. It's funny how similar cooking and medicine are. Most things share so common a physiology that you'd think it was some grand design being lazy! Once I'm done verifying everything, I'll get to removing the muscles so we can see if they're edible. Dunno if there are organs in there yet." He follows the mini-obelisk's lead, ready to head off, his mechanical hand and its knives still lightly dripping with blood.

Isabelle sat quietly next to Elyss and Leo while they conversed. She did not require rations to sustain herself, so Isabelle did not involve herself in that discussion. Her mind wandered off as she stared at nothing in particular. NIkolai Jr. walked over and made eye contact with the woman, spurring an unusual reaction from the her. Her eyes lit up for a moment as if she was excited to see Nikolai, but they died down soon after she realized it wasn't who she was hoping it would be. "Yes, I found the man who values repairing trees and sweeping dirt more than people. He seemed like he'd rather be left alone. Some of the others seem a bit off after the encounter, what about you?"

The mini-Obelisk dropped in through the porthole and saw the arrangements that had been made. Edward was laying on his back, his hoodie underneath him to stop his bare skin from touching the cold and dirty floor. His lungs rippled as they breathed, slowly raising and falling as the small boy followed the medic's breathing exercises to calm himself. His heart beating made his lungs shiver in their bland white cage, charred and chipped. Orwell remotely unlocked a cabinet and inside were medical tools and medication. "Use what you need, I want to make this as comfortable as possible for Master Edward."

Elyss nodded to Orwell and began to get her tools. She requested Mano to be by her side and watch her. The medic began to explain each tool and their use to her apprentice as she set them aside on the table near Edward.

"We will begin," she said. "First we shall apply..."

The porcelain woman began her lesson and the surgery at the same time. She discussed further what anesthesia was needed and how much for a boy Edward's size as she injected it into his system. She described the grafting procedure as she took some skin and muscle from another part of Edward's body, his leg. She only took a small amount that would equate to a small flesh wound and explained that normally, for a wound like Edward's, it would require a lot more but in this case she can heal it faster to regenerate with as little as that. After a bit, she and Mano were done. After the surgical procedure, she had begun to sing. Her voice echoed inside obelisk as she focused her talent on healing the boy's chest. The new flesh placed on Edward began to grow and connect with the old, it could be creepy looking to some but to Elyss, it was an everyday feat. After a bit, Elyss exhaled and sighed. She wasn't fully rested but this was fine. Edward was on the way to healing right.

"Done," she said, tilting her head to signify her smile. "Mano, would you be a dear and finish the procedure? Kindly apply the bandages. I will guide you through it and help if you need it."

"Got it! I should be able to manage the bandages though, I helped my mom change her bandages a lot when I was younger." He gets to work, whistling as he does so. "You're a real trooper, Ed."

"Oh?" She said a bit surprised. Elyss then wondered why Mano would need to constantly change his mother's bandages but that was a question for another time. She watched her apprentice work then voiced a statement for Orwell as she stared into the cameras.

"We will be having the healing sessions whenever we get rest or every 3 days. The body still expends energy as we heal, nothing comes without expending another. I'd like you to monitor Edward as to have him eat his rations and not leave anything behind, keep him hydrated as well. I may have to ask some of our friends to find a water source as well."

Yogi decided to walk back, before realizing that the others would see him.
Being a janitor, it wasn't that he hated company, it was just that he was a bit shy and preferred to work by himself.
Sooner or later, he'd have to introduce himself if he was going to keep helping.
Shrugging, Yogi finished repairing the minor scratches on a tree and started his way back.