The Healer
Since he was six years old, Toby knew he was a healer. He hadn't known that word, of course. He explained it to himself and to his family, classmates and teachers as "fixing things". Early on, he learned that certain plants, animals and people could be fixed with positive results while other "fixes" prvoked adults to fits of anger. Grown-ups wanted certain things broken. They expected them to be broken. They wanted certain things to die. If Toby said he had fixed them, they sometimes did not believe him and punished him for lying. he wasn't lying. he had fixed them.
Toby hit upon a strategy of small fixes. These might even be unnoticeable to the person he healed. A sniffle did not blossom into a cold. A sore ankle stopped hurting.
Toby wanted to do more miraculous healings, to let his gift fully develop, to be a help to people.
