"I suppose somebody has to be around to dislike them all for you, then. And obviously the job is too big for Kernan alone." He sounded properly put out about the whole business, but predictably, she would read between lines that weren't even there to arrive at some depth of feeling he was sure he was incapable of, and yet still he couldn't manage more than mild, passing annoyance.

Perhaps that was her true power. The healing and the rest were incidental to being so disgustingly likeable.