I'm an Archsage, not a Bishop [Open]

[facepunching.livejournal.com]

Ugh. Eventually, the tide of patients he'd had to deal with had decreased, leaving Soren finally able to take a moment to breathe. He was rather uncharacteristically slouching in his seat on the Obs Deck, staring balefully out at the view outside.

He hadn't realized what a chore it was to have to pick up healing duties. Where he came from, every army had a contingent of clerics to supplement the use of vulneraries by the common infantryman. That he'd seen none in use by the forces fighting on the ground was dismaying. He'd attempted to save what lives he was able to during the events on that moon or planet or whatever (Soren was not great with the proper scientific classifications of celestial bodies), but without adequate support, he knew a number had simply fallen through the cracks. There was only so much a single unit could do, especially with the tools at his disposal.

Healing wasn't even his specialty; he'd studied the use of staves mainly to better fill gaps in the Mercenaries' pool of abilities. Better than learning knives, at any rate. If he'd only had a Fortify staff...

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[iselldrugstothecommunity]

"I could," he says, with inflection that states he has no plans whatsoever on following through on that option. "So how're you liking the rest of the Med Bay?"

[facepunching.livejournal.com]

God Soren hates you so much right now, Howard.

"They're not completely incompetent, I suppose, though painfully slow in treating injuries. I don't see why more haven't been trained as battle healers and integrated into the rest of the ranks."

[iselldrugstothecommunity]

"Because we don't like getting shot at. Duh."

Not that it kept people from bringing living bombs into the med tents. Jesus.

[facepunching.livejournal.com]

"You are in a war. You're bound to be targeted no matter what you do."

Duh.

[iselldrugstothecommunity]

"Yeah, but you get targeted more if you walk on the battlefield."

Double-dog duh you, Soren.

[facepunching.livejournal.com]

"That's why you learn to dodge."

Triple-dog duh you, Howard.

[iselldrugstothecommunity]

"Or you do both - stay off the battlefield and dodge."

I mean, obviously. Quarduple dog duh you to infinity.

[facepunching.livejournal.com]

"Yes, and avoid making any real contributions to the battle. Sounds like a recipe for failure."

Pffft, duh to the infinity plus one.

[iselldrugstothecommunity]

"Most of my real contributions are identifying the best human shields."

Duh to the infinity times infinity.

[facepunching.livejournal.com]

"And I'm sure people thank you the world over."

Duh to the infinity cubed!