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There are probably people I don't know around now, because I just got back from a dungeon before the last jaunt so! Well met everyone. I'm Pod, and I'm a Beast Healer, or what some of you would call a veterinarian. If anyone's companions get hurt or sick, I should be able to take care of them. Oh! And you'll be hearing a bit from my brother-in-fur Kiga on the network from time to time too.

[There is indeed a psychic grumble that definitely isn't Pod. Kiga isn't bothering with the effort of actual words, but manages to sound long-suffering and fond anyway.]

Anyway, I was Saya again last jaunt, and it reminded me that I wanted to learn more about healing people before I left last time. Tachibana isn't here anymore...

[Her voice goes sad and she trails off for a moment.]

Anyway, if you know about healing, I'd love to learn from you! Or science; I know that science is very important to the healing in a lot of worlds. In return, I can teach all about herblore, cleaning and binding wounds and the like, which is very useful in worlds like the last one, if we don't want to stand out.

The last thing I wanted to talk about was maybe starting a garden, to grow herbs and things. I know that it's easy to just create plants, but I also know that I (and many others) infiltrate a lot, so if it's something that only somebody who was infiltrating knew how to make, we'd be in quite a bind. There's preserved herbs too, of course, but fresh are almost always more potent. Does anyone want to help me with a garden?

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That sounds like a really good idea. I... do you need somewhere to grow them? I think I can make a space for that.

I hadn't gotten past creating plants before I went in my last dungeon, so while I think I could figure out how to make a room easily enough, I've definitely not got the trick of making it stay when I'm not around. If you have a room that's permanent, that's as good a place to have a garden as any!

Nothing stopping us from starting more than one, just in case, anyway.

Somehow, Jean left me his room when he and M-mikasa left. It's permanent, and just about as big as the workshop - even making the stables for everyone's animal friends, I don't have any use for most of the space.

So I'd be more than happy to help out.

I'm sorry they've left.

[Then she brightens immediately.]

That would be wonderful. I could perhaps set up a little space beside the stable where people would know to come for their companions' aid, and to get things like wound wash and such when I'm infiltrating.

Could I come over and see it? We can plan what should be planted where together.

There are a few healing tricks that we've figured out using the nature of liminal.

i know a lot more about bones than anyone ever should

BECAUSE I HAVE BROKEN EVERY BONE IN MY ENTIRE BODY AT LEAST ONCE

also general knowledge of modern medicine from someone who sure as shit aint a doctor

so while i cannot provide healsies i can certainly provide SCIENCE

anyway sounds great

is there anything in particular you wanna grow

i'm more of a monster person than a plant person but lets see what i can do

I can absolutely help you continue to learn more about science. I may be a physicist, but I can get you a solid grounding in all the basics.

I think I remember someone talking about that once, and I'm eager to learn! Do you know what I'd need to figure out in order to do it?

I would like to know more science! It seems very useful, even if it's not directly related to healing.

And there's so many useful things! For willow bark, we might need to just create the trees, but I suppose we could plant them. And then there's rosemary, mints, meadowsweet, woundwort, healmoss, king's blood if we can get it to actually grow. Oh! And poppies, goldenseal--

[The list continues. And continues. There are a lot of plants that Pod would like to grow. Just probably not the one Marla is thinking of.]

I would love that so much, thank you. I remember what you taught Saya, so what should we focus on next?

[ it's okay, her little sister is also this enthusiastic about plants ]

okay that sounds absolutely baller

i think i remember a few berries from home that might be useful

also

have you considered the wondrous applications of

~marijuana~

If we have that plant in my world, we don't call it the same thing. Could you describe it?

Also I'm happy to learn about healing plants from other worlds! I'd like to make some of the things Saya knew about too.

The most important thing is to be able to create a form that others can follow to create something. Probably to be ready to follow the pattern of how the body should be.

Hmm.

[Pod is thoughtful for a moment.] I don't know how to do that yet. I've barely mastered making plants and edible food. For a while, getting Kiga on the network so he could talk to people if he wanted was more important.

What would be the next step after creating food; do you know?

To make a template you need to be able to combine that with working with your clothing. You're getting close.

Clothing.

[Pod parrots that back, just a little mystified.]

Of course it would be the one thing that I'd never thought to need learning. Is it as if you're making the clothes, like spinning the fiber, weaving and stitching, only Liminally, or more like just making an object? I know that plants are much more complex than clothes, being living things, but they aren't much different than making any other object, once I got the trick of food down.

I've got a microscope here in my lab--if you'd like to take a look at some bacteria and things of that nature, we could do that. Or we could get a bit more in depth with chemistry--I've got some simple sample experiments that would be a good foundation for learning more about new medicines.

I'd be very interesting in seeing such things, yes! And the chemistry! And everything!

[She pauses for a moment, laughing.]

And I suppose I should learn more maths; I remember more than one of my overlays hating them.

it's a plant


you know the plants they make rope with

it's in the same general plant family, has the same leaf look and everything

also if you ingest it it makes you SUPER chill with the world

also also i used to have mondo pain in my joints like, on the DAILY

it still hurts but it's objectively less shitty now?

huh

Hemp! Yes, I know about that. Hmm, but I can't think of any other similar plants used for medicine. It might not grow in Yerrih or Kelneth, where I've spent most of my life. There are some wonderful healing plants that can only be grown down in Assantik, for example. Some of their yellow spices work so well for arthritis, but it can be terribly difficult to transport them so far north. So we make do!

Oh, I can mix you up a tea for the pain, if you want. Willow bark, Thalnian pine bark, meadowsweet and cat's claw. The last one is something Saya used a lot, but I was able to liminally create some and it's very effective.

It's a bit of both. Almost... a modification of what is there. That's probably why you need to build on it in order to create templates. It's easier to learn to work on the existing garments first.

Oh, I think I get it. It's making something new out of something old, rather than making it wholecloth from our thoughts.

[It takes Pod a second to realize how she'd phrased that, and then she giggles.]

With a little practice, I think I'll be able to get the hang of it. So thank you!

We've got plenty of time, even if it might be broken up by Jaunts. We'll get to all of it, but where we start is up to you.

[She's not with him right now so she's got no idea that a lock of his hair has just popped up straight on its own.]

Since I'm a physicist, mathematics is an area I truly enjoy--I would be delighted to give you a bit more instruction there as well.

[His excitement over math is palpable.]

I'd like to start with things that will help me be a better healer first, but I'm curious about everything!

[She laughs.]

I think the maths I know are a little bit behind most people. Sums and measurements, mostly. So we'll have to start at the beginning, if you don't mind.

We'll start in on the biology, then--I'll get some slides prepared so you can see the sorts of things that actually cause disease.

And don't worry about starting small! If nothing else, I can make you some flash cards for the basics.

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