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blai in book 11 of asftv
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"Do we want a Restoration here too?"

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(They're definitely going to need more Raises today but, given that they're not in a rush to get the other Healers until they've figured out whether they have enough Restorations to cover everyone until tomorrow, it's predictably going to take longer than a few candlemarks to sort out. And, guess what, NOT BE SHAVRI'S PROBLEM ANYMORE.) 

She translates this to Nayoki, Sera, and Leareth in Mindspeech. :I mean, almost certainly, but I'm not sure on who and targeted to what and I think we need a little while to figure that out, if that's all right? I kind of want to line everyone up in my room and stare at them a bit.:

And get Jisa in to stare at Leareth and help her diagnose what's up with him and whether a night of sleep will help. She's pretty sure a night of sleep will help Nayoki and Sera substantially, and leave it easier to determine what's sticky enough to need a full Restoration on, though of course Ovada might want Nayoki back at full capacity today - especially if she's right and it would take, like, most of their remaining available Restorations to get Leareth all the way to his usual self. 

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Can they maybe line up in a different room than the one that contains the dead bodies of two of her friends. 

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"Maybe now that none of us are dying we can go to a meeting-room?" Vanyel is INCREDIBLY TIRED of spending all of his waking hours at the House of Healing. 

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Shavri relays this. :I think no one is having any medical emergencies at all and it's just a question of who we most need unimpaired and who's the most bothered about waiting. ...Actually, I'd value anything you happen to know on how targeting Restorations at different problems works? We had the chance to experiment some with targeting Lesser Restorations to different physical problems, but the way your magic splits them up into categories doesn't cleanly line up with what's obvious to me in Healing-Sight.: 

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"...well, we choose which ability at the time of casting, but don't have a lot more granularity than that."

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...She drops Leareth from who she's targeting Mindspeech to because possibly he does not need to listen in on them discussing his brain right now. 

:I think I'm feeling unsure how to - diagnose in advance, with what I can see, which mental abilities need to be targeted? I'm pretty sure Leareth has some kind of lingering damage but it's subtle to notice at all and I've made no headway at all on distinguishing with Healing-Sight which specific mental abilities in the sense your magic splits them up are affected. I was thinking I should– oh, actually, Nayoki has Mindhealing Sight, that's actually meant for looking at minds.: 

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Does she have to, she has not had a Restoration and still really wants a nap fine. It does seem important. 

:...He is clearly having some sort of problem. I am also not sure how to map it to - what is the split, actually, I think I missed that if we ever discussed it.: 

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"The mental abilities are Wisdom, Splendor, and Cunning. Clerics must be Wiser than most people, the wizard in our contingent would be more Cunning, and anyone with more channels than the rest of us is more Splendid. Some of us have Wisdom headbands, but if we lend those out our spellcasting will be worsened for a day; it takes them some time to kick in well enough to support it. At second circle we can prepare spells to enhance Wisdom and Splendor; the wizard may also have the one for Cunning but clerics do not receive it."

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Nayoki could maybe get somewhere if they didn't mind her peeking at all of them with Mindhealing-Sight but that sounds hard right now. 

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...Shavri is definitely getting the sense that Nayoki either needs a Restoration today or a vacation and the first one is a lot cheaper, however much it costs in diamond dust. 

:We should get Jisa to come consult.: Glance at the assembled clerics. :Er, do any of you mind being looked at with Mindhealing Sight? It's not mindreading, it doesn't get any content of thoughts, it's - structure and patterns - I'm sure Jisa could bounce her Sight of me or something if you wanted an example before deciding if you're comfortable with it.: 

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"I don't think that's in the scope of what we were retained for."

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...Fair enough and Shavri will drop it there. Jisa can probably get somewhere by comparing Blai and Vanyel, who they know are in opposite directions on relative Splendor versus Wisdom. And maybe Blai can get somewhere by just having a conversation with Leareth while having a more nuanced understanding of the different aspects, or maybe he can describe the spells-that-increase-one if he's experienced them and Leareth will instantly be able to report which spell sounds the most appealing to him and that's probably a good test of what's bothering him the most– 

 

...she's way too tired for this, actually, now that the immediate lineup of tasks is over, and she and would like to make the whole thing someone else's problem for a while. Where has Gemma gotten to...? 

:Gemma, I really need to get some sleep. Can you - we need some more Restorations, we've got six left and seven people, and we're kind talking ourselves in circles about who needs one the most - can you figure it out? Wrangle them all into a room or something. Not this room and not the neighboring one either, people have bad associations, but I'm not sure everyone is actually ready to be very up and about until after we sort out those Restorations so–: She stops herself. :I don't know. Can you figure it out?: 

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Gemma can do that. (She's tired too, it's been a long, long week and a half, but unlike Shavri she properly had the night off.) 

She thanks the clerics warmly and says they'll have decided within a candlemark and hopefully sooner what to do with the spells and after that they'll -

(- what is the plan? are they wanted for Raising some of the other Leareth-organization casualties, that's up north, or for their channels and spells on the border relief effort? why in the world would Gemma know things like that? - she's going to Mindspeak Rolan directly, she has the range for it, and tell him to please figure that out, it's not her job -) 

- after that they will have a clear answer on what the plan for the rest of today is and someone to direct them to places. In the meantime, can she...get them anything...have someone show them to a room, or something...(whyyy is Joshel who recruited all these people in the first place off on the border and leaving Gemma with the diplomacy ugh)...

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They mostly slept last night! In rooms! If there is somewhere they should be going to eat, the fifth-circles don't all have Rings of Sustenance and even the people who do sometimes like eating if there's no shortage.

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ROLAN PLEASE SEND A TRAINEE OVER HERE TO BE WELCOMING TO THE IMPORTANT CLERICS FROM ANOTHER WORLD AND SHOW THEM THE DINING HALL 

THIS IS NOT THE HEALERS JOB THE HEALERS ARE BUSY 

 

She tells Cicerone Raad that there's a lovely dining hall and someone will show them over there shortly. And then she can wrangle these people over to - how about this nice room! It has windows on two sides and sofas - it's not a patient room per se, most of the time, the Healers rest there during long shifts and they use it when some important noble patient from out of the city has a very large family and retinue and all of them want to Show Up and Be Involved. Everyone can sit comfortably, or flop if they're still feeling that way, and it does not contain ANY dead bodies OR smell like vomit. 

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Vanyel would be delighted! He'll go get Stef and tell Seldan and Blai that they get to go somewhere a lot nicer than this! It has decorations on the walls and everything!

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:Are we - having a meeting? Is everyone back? Did it go all right?:  

Seldan is pretty sure he can walk there, but he's not sure he wants to commit to walking back unless there's definitely going to be a Restoration happening. 

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What happens if a Companion breaks their leg. - okay what happens obviously is that Blai burns a spell on it immediately but like in the general case, he's pretty sure that without magical healing a normal horse does not come back from that - not that he's second-guessing Seldan's opinion of his ability to walk -

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Do they want her anywhere in particular for channels or should she just drift around to wherever it seems like it's the happening place?

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:Er, we're: and by 'we' she means SOMEONE ELSE who is NOT HER, :currently figuring out logistics on where channels will be needed later. You're welcome to go join the others if you'd like to eat, someone's going to show them to the dining hall.: 

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Vanyel smiles at her. He's formed the thought at least eight times that he really should actually get to know the other Shelynite and learn more about his ??new religion??

:You're welcome to follow us down the hall, I think we're just doing some catching up with the people who just got Raised and then figuring out how to split up the Restorations.: 

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(Seldan isn't going to fall and break his leg! That's not the failure he's worried about here, he's more worried that at some point he will evince an urgent need to not be standing and will gracefully and without falling lie down on the floor to rest and then how are they supposed to get him out of the hallway. - also Companions generally recover fine from a broken leg, because unlike horses they have the intelligence to follow Healers' orders about not putting weight on it, and on top of that their natural healing seems a bit faster and more thorough. But Seldan is really not going to break his leg in the hall of the House of Healing!) 

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(Of course. Sorry.)

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Aziza (and her brother, who hasn't said a word but is grouchily glaring at any male who gets within arm's reach of her) follows the crowd into the designated room. "Hi Songbird!" she chirps at Vanyel. "Vanyel, right? I'm Aziza."

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