"You'll be able to stay with him. When you're well, you'll travel with him and his friends."

For that, clearly, it must have some actual worth to her. That was far too much to give away (not just give away, taking away Fai's bad luck was also another reward) and Fai felt more comfortable with the transaction, at least on some level.

Still, he held his breath as the Witch did her magic. The sensation was strange, again, as the magic flowed over him, similar, but somehow deeply different.