Stretching the Moment

She told him that he could use magic upon his hands to wield a scalpel once more. She told him the world would be all the poorer for it, if he did. She told him they would need that flexibility of his to survive. What if... he chose to be just that little bit more flexible than even she had known he could be? What if, he chose to wield a scalpel... for her? (An Alternative Ending)