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DR. STRANGE. ([personal profile] portalling) wrote2022-04-02 01:17 pm
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[personal profile] tender 2023-07-03 07:12 pm (UTC)(link)
"Richard is gone," is what she comes to, words heavy. There is no real way to soften them. The bottles of new-made tincture clink as she sets them one after the other into a wooden case.

When Holden had gone, Richard had been there. Held her, regardless of his own discomfort and perhaps grief.

Derrica has been thinking of that often, since Loxley told her what had happened.

"He was our Head Healer," among other things. Her hands pause over the glass, looking over to Strange to take in his reaction. See what thoughts might be visible on his face.
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[personal profile] tender 2023-07-05 03:37 am (UTC)(link)
"Yes."

The available healers are dwindling, yes, but that may not always be so. Rifts deliver them newcomers with a variety of experiences. People travel miles to arrive on Riftwatch's door. There is no way to predict how many or few they may be in a month's time.

But that's not her point.

"I was hoping you would be interested in taking over."
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[personal profile] tender 2023-07-05 04:39 am (UTC)(link)
Something quiet and brittle comes and goes. Little to do with the infirmary itself, but present, a spectre of a thought that weighs on her and is summarily dismissed as she follows his appraisal of the space.

"I can do them."

Reassurance, without hesitation.

"Whatever comes, we can meet it together. I wouldn't abandon you to something you couldn't manage."

They are, at this point, something of a partnership anyway. Who else is there?

"But if one of us doesn't put ourselves forward for it, or seek out someone else we'd rather have directing the happenings here, we could regret it."

Derrica has seen that happen before as well. She has not forgotten Brother Gideon.
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[personal profile] tender 2023-07-11 04:47 am (UTC)(link)
Derrica, who has blessedly never heard of student loans, allows the unknown reference to pass in favor of focusing on the whole.

"I saw you at Starkhaven," is weightier than simple observation. "I wouldn't ask if I didn't think you were capable, and that you understand the importance of what we do."

They are both healers. His hands don't discount him from the work. He had moved so quickly to it, when he was needed.

"With Tevinter camped so close to us, I think it will matter more how this infirmary and these resources are managed."

Case in point: the seeds she is collecting in a little box, ready to plant what they might need to have it readily at hand.