[And so the tests were run, Katara washed up, and administered the anesthetic. She marked off the places on his stomach to cut and carefully applied her scalpel to them. She had to pin back the skin so it wouldn't heal over and removed the bullet carefully with forceps. The entire process took maybe an hour and a half before he was all fixed up and ready to come back to consciousness.]
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[And so the tests were run, Katara washed up, and administered the anesthetic. She marked off the places on his stomach to cut and carefully applied her scalpel to them. She had to pin back the skin so it wouldn't heal over and removed the bullet carefully with forceps. The entire process took maybe an hour and a half before he was all fixed up and ready to come back to consciousness.]