Ema nodded at Miss Ashford, eyeing the other girl who looked as if she was in some pain around the nose area.

Gulp.

Episkey. Right...that sounded a wee bit familiar. And it would mend it, yes? By magic, painless, no surgery, no long healing process, no...

And then Ashford finished her sentence and Ema's heart beat faster. She was about to open her mouth and say something, when the woman cast the spell quickly with a flick of her wand. Ema had just enough time to flinch when she felt a considerable pain in her nose and felt (and heard) a POP! sound. "YOWCH!!!" she squeaked, cupping her nose in her hands. It had felt way worse than when the nose had actually broken. The blood immediately ceased and Ema choked back tears and the lump in her throat.

No needles. No surgery. Half of what she feared did not occur, it was the best she could have expected.

"Thank you," she sighed in relief, and realized that this is what must have happened to the other girl who was leaving the room. "But - Healer Ashford, do you mind if I ask you a question?" Ema asked, tugging on her bloodied sleeve and gazing from the ground to Ashford's eyes. "Is there a potion...a remedy, that can cure all ills? Kinda like...whatever you have wrong with you, it can fix it? I know that if there really was one, everyone would use it for everything, but - is there anything close to that? That you could use for a serious, non-magical illness?" she now tugged on her earlobe and was immediately reminded of Kazimeriz's office. "Or that would at least contribute to the healing process of it..."

She bravely met Ashford's gaze and waited.