[Once Sieglinde is finished with the concoction in her bowl, a mix of salty-smelling water and herbs that the educated would know possessed properties to ease inflammation as well as a more chemical smelling debridement solution from a vial, she held out the bowl to Sebastian somewhat tentatively- though she did make an effort to appear unphased by it.
The acceptance that she would have to look at them. Let him tend them. He wasn't Wolfram, like he said. He didn't know how and she'd have to look to make sure he did it correctly, and he didn't know her like Wolfram did, didn't know the subtleties to expression and how she hid her winces to know when she was in pain... And how to know which of those pains were the ones he had to pay attention to and which were the ones he was supposed to ignore, kneading broken bones and setting them back in their macabre place.]
- first you'll need remove the bandages and use this as a soak.
[But the first step was easy, and it allowed her time to prepare herself, to muster the courage it actually took to confront what had gradually become a symbol of everything that had been painful in her life.]
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The acceptance that she would have to look at them. Let him tend them. He wasn't Wolfram, like he said. He didn't know how and she'd have to look to make sure he did it correctly, and he didn't know her like Wolfram did, didn't know the subtleties to expression and how she hid her winces to know when she was in pain... And how to know which of those pains were the ones he had to pay attention to and which were the ones he was supposed to ignore, kneading broken bones and setting them back in their macabre place.]
- first you'll need remove the bandages and use this as a soak.
[But the first step was easy, and it allowed her time to prepare herself, to muster the courage it actually took to confront what had gradually become a symbol of everything that had been painful in her life.]