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“Are you feeling any better?" I asked. He nodded. "A lot better. I think it's fine." I looked at his ankle. It still looked puffy to me. "Well, you need to be careful. You know what the... uh... doctor said." I would take the knowledge that Dr. Peter Herbert's patients typically had four legs with me to my grave.”

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