Playing Doctor
04-14-2018, 06:01 PM
Matching the girl's flippant demeanor, Malleus shrugged too. "Perhaps. I mean, what's so cool about a plant that can keep wounds from getting infected or dull pain? It's not like those are useful qualities or anything." He peeked at her curiously, trying to decide if he could turn her opinion around with this approach. This girl was definitely something else. "Maybe you're too lame for me." Something else indeed. He had half a mind to snatch her up and shake her, but recognized - wisely - that doing so would be unethical. Even if he thought she could benefit from a lesson in consequences. He had to remind himself that she was just a child. A rude child, but a child nonetheless. Perhaps the Fallen God had placed her here to test his patience. After all, this was going to be their home now. He needed to learn to handle having his patience tested by mortals. It wouldn't do to smite them all. He was on the verge of retorting when the girl yelped and caved like a rotten apple. Apparently something had gotten caught on her wound and that had changed her tune a bit. He wasn't obligated to try to get the girl to like plants as much as he did, but he couldn't pass up the opportunity to try. "Yarrow does all kinds of cool stuff. It stops bleeding, reduces the chances of infection and," he took a few steps away and carefully plucked a few leaves of plantain from a nearby plant. "When paired with plantain, which is this stuff here, make a pretty mean poultice." He cast a sideways glance in the girl's direction. "If you like, we can test these lame plants out on your leg." |