[ Besides, they'd saved each other's skins plenty of times on the battlefield. They were more than friends in that way, each having held the other's life in their hands. The idea of him owing her anything at the tail end of a long and bloody war seems foolish to her.
She can tell that the witch hazel is working when Claude's shoulders begin to relax, but his words give her a little jolt. There are so many mixed feelings there, byproducts of a long-held and complex relationship. She hums noncommittally in response. ]
I could never replace Manuela, nor would I want to. [ Even though she had, in fact, done precisely that when she'd taken her place as the Mittelfrank's prima donna after Manuela left for Garreg Mach. That feels like a lifetime ago. ] I hardly think applying a tincture to a bit of cotton qualifies me as a physician, at any rate. I... suppose it's fair to say I like looking after the people I care about, and I have a bit of experience with tending wounds, but even that does not a doctor make.
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[ Besides, they'd saved each other's skins plenty of times on the battlefield. They were more than friends in that way, each having held the other's life in their hands. The idea of him owing her anything at the tail end of a long and bloody war seems foolish to her.
She can tell that the witch hazel is working when Claude's shoulders begin to relax, but his words give her a little jolt. There are so many mixed feelings there, byproducts of a long-held and complex relationship. She hums noncommittally in response. ]
I could never replace Manuela, nor would I want to. [ Even though she had, in fact, done precisely that when she'd taken her place as the Mittelfrank's prima donna after Manuela left for Garreg Mach. That feels like a lifetime ago. ] I hardly think applying a tincture to a bit of cotton qualifies me as a physician, at any rate. I... suppose it's fair to say I like looking after the people I care about, and I have a bit of experience with tending wounds, but even that does not a doctor make.