[There's something a little sarcastic, a little cheeky in his tone—by Michael's standards of expression, at least. He was looking to hear what could be accomplished if their magical resources were exhausted. She's given him a complete answer, though. He guesses their poor theoretical poisoning victim is simply out of luck if they can't get their hands on the supplies she mentioned.]
Is that a general philosophical question, or in terms of what I think you could teach?
[There are so very many things he could be putting his time and effort into now that he has neither his old responsibilities nor his former goals to guide him. He assumes Claire means the latter, though.]
Abraxas has dampened my powers before. The same happened intermittently to those who were abducted. What I'm interested in learning is how to keep this body alive as long as possible, if that were to happen again—how to care for it if I break a bone, if I'm bleeding, if I'm otherwise wounded. The kind of injuries you may have seen while the Lost were recovering in Nocwich. Does that help?
[If there's a proper name for this course of study or a starting point, he thinks Claire will know it better than he.]
In this world, if I could use it to definitely save someone, yes. In my own, there's nothing of the sort, so unfortunately, if the dose is high enough someone would die within minutes. Short of being in the hospital when poisoned, it would be unlikely to save anyone. If they were being poisoned slowly over time, that may be a different matter.
[ Claire looks at Michael, standing casually as she waits for an answer. ]
I only asked because it's difficult for me to know how detailed to get in areas that you may have knowledge of. But yes, this helps tremendously. In that case, I think the better course of action is to start with the outside of the body.
[ She glances down at the table, and the Horizon obliges in giving her a dislocated shoulder to work with. Shoving thoughts of Jamie and how they met aside, she points out the joint now at an odd angle. ]
A dislocated shoulder is quite common and I saw more than one. Perhaps people falling as they ran, or someone grabbing them to be sure they didn't stumble and fall. May I take your hand?
[ If yes, then she'll guide him to feel first the normal shoulder joint and then the dislocated one. If not then she'll show him where to touch instead. ]
Can you feel that? It's essentially like a ball and socket.
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[There's something a little sarcastic, a little cheeky in his tone—by Michael's standards of expression, at least. He was looking to hear what could be accomplished if their magical resources were exhausted. She's given him a complete answer, though. He guesses their poor theoretical poisoning victim is simply out of luck if they can't get their hands on the supplies she mentioned.]
Is that a general philosophical question, or in terms of what I think you could teach?
[There are so very many things he could be putting his time and effort into now that he has neither his old responsibilities nor his former goals to guide him. He assumes Claire means the latter, though.]
Abraxas has dampened my powers before. The same happened intermittently to those who were abducted. What I'm interested in learning is how to keep this body alive as long as possible, if that were to happen again—how to care for it if I break a bone, if I'm bleeding, if I'm otherwise wounded. The kind of injuries you may have seen while the Lost were recovering in Nocwich. Does that help?
[If there's a proper name for this course of study or a starting point, he thinks Claire will know it better than he.]
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[ Claire looks at Michael, standing casually as she waits for an answer. ]
I only asked because it's difficult for me to know how detailed to get in areas that you may have knowledge of. But yes, this helps tremendously. In that case, I think the better course of action is to start with the outside of the body.
[ She glances down at the table, and the Horizon obliges in giving her a dislocated shoulder to work with. Shoving thoughts of Jamie and how they met aside, she points out the joint now at an odd angle. ]
A dislocated shoulder is quite common and I saw more than one. Perhaps people falling as they ran, or someone grabbing them to be sure they didn't stumble and fall. May I take your hand?
[ If yes, then she'll guide him to feel first the normal shoulder joint and then the dislocated one. If not then she'll show him where to touch instead. ]
Can you feel that? It's essentially like a ball and socket.
[ ...essentially. ]