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Post by Lady Iseult of Ireland on Jan 10, 2012 2:07:25 GMT
The castle infirmary. Gaius' personal chambers and study are adjoining.
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Post by Lady Iseult of Ireland on Jan 10, 2012 2:09:23 GMT
Iseult knocks on the door to the infirmary, having come straight after her conversation with Morgause. If she did not come right away, she would put it off for even more time. She only hoped that Giaus would teach her, or it would mean spending a lot more time in the library just learning the theory.
She stood there, waiting and thinking on what Morgause and she had spoken about.
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Post by Morgan le Fay on Jan 10, 2012 11:24:00 GMT
The door opened. Gaius' servant stood there. The young man went bright red as he saw Iseult; he was not used to dealing with young ladies of royal blood as Gaius usually dealt with the patients.
"M-m-my lady," he stammered. "W-welcome."
When Iseult stepped into the room, she saw that Gaius was reading a heavy book with yellowed pages. He loked up at her arrival and smiled.
"Lady Iseult. Can I help you?"
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Post by Lady Iseult of Ireland on Jan 10, 2012 14:40:45 GMT
"Thank you," Iseult said to the blushing servant and smiled brightly as him as she entered and stood before Gaius. She smiled again down at the old man and decided to get to the point rather than beating around the bush.
"I hope so," She said, "I was wondering if you had any spare time could you teach me how to do some healing?"
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Post by Morgan le Fay on Jan 10, 2012 14:52:41 GMT
A smile broke across his kindly, weathered face, his eyes lighting up at her request. If there was anything Gaius loved, it was teaching.
"I would be honoured, my lady. It is so hard to interest anyone who's not a druid in the healing arts but so long as our world is inhabited by warriors, it will need someone to heal their wounds."
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Post by Lady Iseult of Ireland on Jan 10, 2012 15:06:57 GMT
"That is what I thought," Iseult said with a nod, even though it was more to give her something to do, but she also did have a genuine interest. "I always love learning new things and knowing some healing can only be helpful, and the more people that know the better, just in case."
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Post by Morgan le Fay on Jan 10, 2012 15:13:00 GMT
"Precisely. Have you any prior experience?" Gaius asked. "Even if it is only dressing a friend's wound it would be of use."
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Post by Lady Iseult of Ireland on Jan 10, 2012 15:43:41 GMT
"Not really, only trying to stem the blood flow on minor injuries with whatever i had at the time, usually the hem of my dress," She said, a foul mood taking over her at remembering her old friend, and her eyes darkened briefly before she smiled again at Gaius. "But usually we had healers to do that kind of thing, Ireland is still a fully pagan country, we never seem to be short of them over there."
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Post by Morgan le Fay on Jan 10, 2012 16:02:59 GMT
"That is fortunate. Christian monks and nuns often learn the healing arts but they spend most of their time in the cloister. Very well, my child, I will teach you. I must warn you that my knowledge is not absolute - it would take a lifetime of study and allow little time to practice the art- but I will share what I know."
He hesitated for a moment, seemingly uncomfortable as he shifted in his seat.
"Forgive me, my dear, this is an awkward question to ask, but can you read?"
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Post by Lady Iseult of Ireland on Jan 10, 2012 16:08:36 GMT
Iseult raised her eyebrows incredulously at the question, but then realised it was not such a strange question, she supposed most people could not, "I can, my father believed reading was important, and so made sure all of our family could, we would never know when we may need to know how to read and write."
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Post by Morgan le Fay on Jan 10, 2012 16:17:21 GMT
"That's good. It would make the process so much slowe rif I had to teach you. There is much knowledge of healing in books. The druids don't often write down their knowledge, so I have done so myself, but I have come across transcriptions of Roman texts which have been very helpful. The Romans were an advanced civilisation and it's a pity much of what they knew has been lost. I am lucky I have managed to find anything at all."
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Post by Lady Iseult of Ireland on Jan 10, 2012 16:37:32 GMT
"Then I am lucky you are lucky. The Romans have always interested me because we have never known much about them, they were never in Ireland, so I do not know much about them, learning some healing could remedy two sources of my interest." Iseult said with another smile, she had yet to look in the library for anything pertaining to the Romans, "when would be best for me to start?"
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Post by Morgan le Fay on Jan 10, 2012 16:45:54 GMT
"Whenever suits you, Lady Iseult. There will be a lot if reading if you are truly serious about this, but I will need to teach you anatomy and have you sit in when I speak to my patients. Perhaps your presence will help, especially with the men," Gaius added with a smile. "You can hold their hands while I perform painful operations on them."
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Post by Lady Iseult of Ireland on Jan 10, 2012 16:53:23 GMT
"Do they often need their hands holding?" Iseult asked with a grin, "But I will be glad to do whatever is needed to learn," Iseult said, now she had made up her mind she was going to stick to it.
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Post by Morgan le Fay on Jan 10, 2012 17:13:36 GMT
"Good. I'm pleased. I could use the help."
Gaius leaned close and whispered "My assistant isn't the most reliable young man. Seems to spend most of his time at the tavern. I'd send him away if I hadn't promised his parents he could help me."
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