Throughout it, she ought to have very little in need of saying. She should simply hand the doctor his catgut, makeing small noises of encouragement when his hands falter. She has no obligation whatsoever to strike up conversation with the Qunari gripping the bed frame for relief, though she knows fundamentally that there is to be some relief found in a distraction while in pain. She had a cut on her leg sutured once; it was agony.
She has no requirement to coddle the stranger, so she doesn't. Instead, she she speaks to the young physician. If it happens to be a diversion for the wounded man, she can hardly help it:]
That's very clean work, Serah. What the Inquisition wouldn't give for it. [A dismissive laugh from the young man.] No, I'm serious. It's neatly done.
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Throughout it, she ought to have very little in need of saying. She should simply hand the doctor his catgut, makeing small noises of encouragement when his hands falter. She has no obligation whatsoever to strike up conversation with the Qunari gripping the bed frame for relief, though she knows fundamentally that there is to be some relief found in a distraction while in pain. She had a cut on her leg sutured once; it was agony.
She has no requirement to coddle the stranger, so she doesn't. Instead, she she speaks to the young physician. If it happens to be a diversion for the wounded man, she can hardly help it:]
That's very clean work, Serah. What the Inquisition wouldn't give for it. [A dismissive laugh from the young man.] No, I'm serious. It's neatly done.
[And so on.]