01-25-2020, 08:15 PM
[font=trebuchet ms]Rin could see the fury burning in Lemy's eyes as he prepared to speak. That was understandable, now that she thought about it. She was trying to exploit the fact that she'd already hurt him to get him to obey, even if it was necessary to protect his health. This wasn't like the situation with the Ferryman's threats, but she could see how it would sting all the same.
The best thing to do was just let him vent his anger. If he still refused after that, then... she wasn't sure what she would do.
Then he gave in, and Rin had even less of an idea how to respond, at least verbally. Defaulting to her medical training, she silently approached Lemy and glanced down at his back, but her thoughts raced. She could count six gashes, and the surfaces had clearly been cauterized. Wonderful. The last time she'd seen a cauterization, they'd needed to apply marigold and comfrey to it daily- and the medics had discovered that the day of, rather than several days afterward.
Miraculously, there didn't appear to be any sign of infection, but the wounds still hadn't scarred properly. Grabbing some marigold and comfrey root, she got to work preparing a poultice. If Lemy was going to be this stubborn about getting treated in the future, maybe she'd just have to give him the herbs and instructions, and let him do it himself. Though, given how messy his cauterization job was... "Nemhain, could you grab some aloe from my house?" she asked once the poultice was prepared, glancing over at the fenghuang. For the parts of Lemy's back that had scarred over, the aloe should be able to help the burns heal faster.
Turning back to Lemy, she sighed. She would warn him that this was going to hurt, but compared to walking around with deep gashes covered in severe burns, it couldn't be that bad. Taking a bottle of clean water and a cloth from her bag, Rin slowly poured the water onto the wounds to rinse them off, then used the cloth to carefully dry the wounded area. Once the area was dry, she would then start applying the poultice to the wounds that hadn't yet scarred over.
As soon as she got the aloe, she could apply that as well, and then bandage everything up. The thought of doing this daily, or expecting Lemy to do it daily, tired her out just thinking about it. At times like this, Rin couldn't even blame Radeken for detaching herself.
...to think she was missing Radeken, of all creatures.
The best thing to do was just let him vent his anger. If he still refused after that, then... she wasn't sure what she would do.
Then he gave in, and Rin had even less of an idea how to respond, at least verbally. Defaulting to her medical training, she silently approached Lemy and glanced down at his back, but her thoughts raced. She could count six gashes, and the surfaces had clearly been cauterized. Wonderful. The last time she'd seen a cauterization, they'd needed to apply marigold and comfrey to it daily- and the medics had discovered that the day of, rather than several days afterward.
Miraculously, there didn't appear to be any sign of infection, but the wounds still hadn't scarred properly. Grabbing some marigold and comfrey root, she got to work preparing a poultice. If Lemy was going to be this stubborn about getting treated in the future, maybe she'd just have to give him the herbs and instructions, and let him do it himself. Though, given how messy his cauterization job was... "Nemhain, could you grab some aloe from my house?" she asked once the poultice was prepared, glancing over at the fenghuang. For the parts of Lemy's back that had scarred over, the aloe should be able to help the burns heal faster.
Turning back to Lemy, she sighed. She would warn him that this was going to hurt, but compared to walking around with deep gashes covered in severe burns, it couldn't be that bad. Taking a bottle of clean water and a cloth from her bag, Rin slowly poured the water onto the wounds to rinse them off, then used the cloth to carefully dry the wounded area. Once the area was dry, she would then start applying the poultice to the wounds that hadn't yet scarred over.
As soon as she got the aloe, she could apply that as well, and then bandage everything up. The thought of doing this daily, or expecting Lemy to do it daily, tired her out just thinking about it. At times like this, Rin couldn't even blame Radeken for detaching herself.
...to think she was missing Radeken, of all creatures.
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