"Well, yes," because it's not as though she thinks Stephen is infallible, obviously, he's the smartest person she knows and the most competent but he's still only human, but, "but this is done regularly where you're from, isn't it? And it goes well more often than it doesn't. And you know what you're doing. So if it failed, it was something I did."

Obviously. Stephen couldn't have done anything wrong, this is his area of expertise. This is what he does. Not the amputation itself, of course, but the medicine, knowing how to keep wounds clean and safe from infection. He couldn't have fucked it up.

"I feel—I really feel awful I made you turn to magic, truly. I'm sorry, Doctor. I know I'm apologizing a lot. I'm sorry for that too."