Masters of the technique have achieved a wide range of success by releasing waiqi [outside breath] into sick people.’ A long queue had formed. I joined the queue. ‘You don’t have to stand in the queue,’ Aisha said, pulling my hand. ‘I will do waiqi on you. What are friends for?’ I liked the idea. ‘Sure,’ I mumbled. And let her have her way with me. I was made to sit comfortably on a chair in a quiet corner of the lobby. She covered my face with the palms of her hands and began to move her hands, very slowly, towards my chest and then lower parts of my body. Her hands never actually touched me,
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