11-12-2022, 02:20 AM
(This post was last modified: 11-12-2022, 11:23 PM by Astrid Gudrun.)
Astrid braced herself as they finally reached the infirmary after what seemed like twice as long as it usually took, darn moving staircases. Yet it wasn't from any pain or dizziness, just the simple and maybe silly hesitation that Godric would bring her all the way to her room at the end of the infirmary just past her desk opposite the supply room. Rather than stay in separate quarters away from the infirmary hers was connected to it, further helping her to be on hand at any time of day if someone arrived in need of her healing. Currently it was a little messy in her room and embarrassingly she would rather no one see it in its current disheveled state. It was odd how she could be very organized and tidy just about everywhere and with every task except when it came to her private quarters. Maybe because it was her own place to really let down her guard she could lose that habit as well. Regardless, she wasn't about to let anyone see its current state, not until she could get in there and tidy it up.
Surprisingly, when Godric finally laid her down it was on one of the patient beds closest to her office and work space. Astrid could only assume being the noble knight he was he dare not go into her private quarters or be set ablaze or sent to the deepest pit in hell or whatever unspoken belief it was knights believed about entering a woman's room. She didn't dwell on it long as he said something about not sleeping before going to get her some water. In all honesty it irritated her, not helped any by her current state.
"I'm hardly foolish enough to fall asleep with a head injury. Do you honestly think I would do that given what I do for a living?" she said, a mild snap to her tone. Really, what kind of healer would she be if she decided now was a good time to take a nap. Only an idiot or someone stupidly drunk would try to sleep in her position and she was far from either of those.
Astrid exhaled a sigh as she tried to relax and focus on staying alert and more importantly awake while she waited for Godric. When he returned, kneeling down beside the bed she looked at him and felt her irritation slowly burn itself out. His hand came around to the back of her head, steadying her but she could feel a light tremble in his touch. His hand holding the goblet too had just a hint of movement as he brought it up her lips for a drink. What was he suddenly so nervous about? Surely he had done this before if not for a women then for his fellow knights and troops he traveled with. So why was he trembling? Did he have a bad experience treating someone in the past? She looked into his eyes but found she couldn't quite see the answer well enough, but it was enough she realized she needed to say something, do something to try and pull him from whatever it was before he sunk in too far.
She raised one of her hands up, gently covering his hand holding the goblet and pausing it before it reached her lips. "Its ok. Your doing fine. Just take it one step at a time and together we can get ourselves patched up before anyone finds out we were beating up drunks down at the trading post in the middle of the night" She said calmly and gently, a soft smile formed on her lips before she helped his hand bring the goblet to her mouth for a drink. Hopefully he wouldn't take her small tease at the end seriously. He seemed to be in need of a perk up and joking about their mild tussle at the trading post had seemed like a decent enough subject to tease about. She just hoped it wouldn't make things worse.
It was a heavenly drink indeed, cold and crisp it flooded liquid down her dry throat and perked her mind back up a bit better. Astrid slowly finished the contents of the goblet before helping guide it away from her. "Have some yourself too, it will help your body's natural healing" She said encouragingly. She slowly let go of his hand holding the goblet and carefully shifted herself back and up until she was sitting upright slightly. Taking a moment to breath through a lightheaded feeling she looked at him once it had passed. "When your ready, if you go over to the two cabinets of potions, you know the ones I caught you looking through before. In the one to the right, top shelf second from the left should be a bottle with a purple colored liquid inside, the label should just have the letters W and H. You may remember it as the one I used to heal the gash on your side. After you get it there should be a green colored potion on the shelf just below it labeled 'wideye', that one will help if there is any concussion. There should be some freshly folded towels in the top lower drawer of the left cabinet if you want to grab one of those for the purple potion and that should be all you need to treat the injury on my head along with an episkey or two" She explained, carefully speaking clearly and slow enough so it would make sense. "Once we are done with me we can see about getting you patched up."
Surprisingly, when Godric finally laid her down it was on one of the patient beds closest to her office and work space. Astrid could only assume being the noble knight he was he dare not go into her private quarters or be set ablaze or sent to the deepest pit in hell or whatever unspoken belief it was knights believed about entering a woman's room. She didn't dwell on it long as he said something about not sleeping before going to get her some water. In all honesty it irritated her, not helped any by her current state.
"I'm hardly foolish enough to fall asleep with a head injury. Do you honestly think I would do that given what I do for a living?" she said, a mild snap to her tone. Really, what kind of healer would she be if she decided now was a good time to take a nap. Only an idiot or someone stupidly drunk would try to sleep in her position and she was far from either of those.
Astrid exhaled a sigh as she tried to relax and focus on staying alert and more importantly awake while she waited for Godric. When he returned, kneeling down beside the bed she looked at him and felt her irritation slowly burn itself out. His hand came around to the back of her head, steadying her but she could feel a light tremble in his touch. His hand holding the goblet too had just a hint of movement as he brought it up her lips for a drink. What was he suddenly so nervous about? Surely he had done this before if not for a women then for his fellow knights and troops he traveled with. So why was he trembling? Did he have a bad experience treating someone in the past? She looked into his eyes but found she couldn't quite see the answer well enough, but it was enough she realized she needed to say something, do something to try and pull him from whatever it was before he sunk in too far.
She raised one of her hands up, gently covering his hand holding the goblet and pausing it before it reached her lips. "Its ok. Your doing fine. Just take it one step at a time and together we can get ourselves patched up before anyone finds out we were beating up drunks down at the trading post in the middle of the night" She said calmly and gently, a soft smile formed on her lips before she helped his hand bring the goblet to her mouth for a drink. Hopefully he wouldn't take her small tease at the end seriously. He seemed to be in need of a perk up and joking about their mild tussle at the trading post had seemed like a decent enough subject to tease about. She just hoped it wouldn't make things worse.
It was a heavenly drink indeed, cold and crisp it flooded liquid down her dry throat and perked her mind back up a bit better. Astrid slowly finished the contents of the goblet before helping guide it away from her. "Have some yourself too, it will help your body's natural healing" She said encouragingly. She slowly let go of his hand holding the goblet and carefully shifted herself back and up until she was sitting upright slightly. Taking a moment to breath through a lightheaded feeling she looked at him once it had passed. "When your ready, if you go over to the two cabinets of potions, you know the ones I caught you looking through before. In the one to the right, top shelf second from the left should be a bottle with a purple colored liquid inside, the label should just have the letters W and H. You may remember it as the one I used to heal the gash on your side. After you get it there should be a green colored potion on the shelf just below it labeled 'wideye', that one will help if there is any concussion. There should be some freshly folded towels in the top lower drawer of the left cabinet if you want to grab one of those for the purple potion and that should be all you need to treat the injury on my head along with an episkey or two" She explained, carefully speaking clearly and slow enough so it would make sense. "Once we are done with me we can see about getting you patched up."
