Mariam gradually resurfaces to consciousness, if not to ability to move. She concludes that this is very possibly the least dignified resistance to pagan oppressors of all time. 

Jing Yi holds a bun out in her general direction. "Please do not kill yourself."

"I am so so sorry--" All injuries to patients are fault, even if they are the ones who tried run while having no blood in their blood. 

Mariam can't move so the decision of whether or not to eat the bun has been taken from her. 

"Chu Chu, could you get some water?" he says, trying to stem the possibility of panic.

She runs off, and thankfully does not faint in that process, because if two people fainted in the one courtyard, then that would start to look like a problem. 

"Okay, you do actually need to eat, otherwise you are not getting up off that floor." This is not the most dignified thing he has ever done, but it is probably medically necessary. He pulls his sleeve back, tears off a piece of bun, and puts it into her mouth. 

The bread is soft and savoury and still hot from the oven, and stuffed inside is a little bit of finely minced spiced meat. 

...oh.

This is the most delicious thing that Mariam has ever had in her life. This is probably the most intense physical pleasure that Mariam has ever had in her life. Every thought in her mind has been replaced with an unthinkably intense craving, like all of the hunger that she had driven away through motification of the flesh over the past six years had suddenly appeared and she was experiencing it all at once. She doesn't know whether to savor it or to swallow it as quickly as possible, but her mouth is making the decision for her, she swallows it in two bites and then she licks and sucks Jing Yi's fingers to try to get every remaining fleck of the meat. 

He is having No Reaction to the possibly dying girl licking his fingers. 

"Please don't eat me," he says, as he feeds her another piece. 

Mariam whimpers as the spices hit her tongue. Her eyes flutter closed; she's feeling too much to see at the same time. Every time she swallows the hunger becomes more all-consuming.

He has Never Reacted to Anything In His Life. He is a Master of Self Control. (He's seen people fake looking that hungry, he hasn't seen someone actually that hungry, and-- well. There's only so many expressions a human face can make.)

Chu Chu comes around the corner with cups of water.

And sees Jing Yi handfeeding the patient. Which. Uh. He seems to have it under control?

"Ihaveareporttowrite--" she says, and skedaddles back to the coroner's shed. 

When she finishes the next piece, she says in a very broken voice, "please--"

This is a very medical thing-- the Medical-est Thing He Has Ever Done-- so it is not weird to be doing this in the middle of a courtyard. He is just being chivalrous to a lady in need. Nothing more or less. 

He tears off another piece. "Okay, okay, I can only do this so fast," he says, laughing as he feeds her another piece. 

She moans. "It's so good."

"There's more where that came from. Or other flavours, if you want to try them." See, this is why he likes to eat every day. It's just more fun than not doing that. 

"I haven't ever had anything that tastes that good."

Well, this is a problem that he is capable of fixing! "Do you know if you like sweet or savoury things more?" 

"...I don't know that I've had anything really sweet?"

"Well good for you, I came prepared." (ie, He grabbed whatever was easiest to grab from the kitchen in a panic.)

He feeds her some of a different bun. The bread is softer, and slightly sweet. Inside is a dark red paste that tastes rich, and sweeter than anything she has had before. 

?!?!!!?!?!?!!!!!?????!?!?!?!!!!!!!!!!!!!!???????

"Well, I'm glad you like it. Proves you are a woman of good taste." 

"I didn't know anything could taste like that."

"There's a whole world of flavours out there." 

"Gluttony is a sin," Mariam protests half-heartedly.

"Two buns isn't really gluttony. Ten, maybe, but not two or three." 

"It's gluttony to eat outside of meals, or to eat more food than you need, or to eat food with sauces and seasonings, or to seek out better quality of food because it tastes good, or to eat too eagerly."

Judging by her expression, Mariam is planning to commit that last one.