You are not the first person we know to show up here needing medical attention.

[Nadine's decision wasn't made on a whim. She takes a seat next to the bed and sets the tray on the little table beside it. The pungent smell of herbs rises from it.]

And the last time, we weren't prepared. So now we are. Fair warning, I took a position with a healer maybe three weeks ago so I can't exactly put you back together, but I should be able to ease the worst of it.

[She hands him a little glass vial of a blueish liquid. Her education in this field is just beginning, her knowledge very limited. But she's gleaned enough basics over the last few weeks to be of more use than she would have been.]

Start with this, it's a painkiller.