Gabrie listened to Audun, and his words made her wonder. What exactly had these people gone through? People didn't put spells of such a type on others just like that. That made the tall woman wonder who exactly had been the mage these people had faced, and for what reasons, too.
But well, that was curiousity, and of course she did not let it get into the way of the things that needed to be done right now.
However, just when she was about to heed Audun's suggestion, another woman took care of that, telling the priestess to take care of the young man, called Yuuki, with the enormously swollen foot instead. The priestess nodded to the other woman in response, and then headed towards Yuuki.
Motioning him to sit down, she kneeled down in front of him, to have a better hand(and look!)at his foot.
The poor foot looked indeed quite bad. Dark and swollen, most likely the effects of cold and a broken bone. Nothing that was impossible to mend, mind you, but not entirely trivial either.
"I am Gabrie" she told her patient, giving him a reassuring smile "don't worry, you'll soon feel better. It might prickle quite a bit, but that is usual, don't pay it any attention. If you can, don't move that much too, allright? Just stay calm, and we'll be done quickly. Okay?"
She waited for the young man to aknowdledge, and then looked back to his foot. Allright.
From a bag she took a small flask, filled with a colorless liquid. After uncorking it, a soft scent became noticable, of thyme, mint, and other herbs. Not an unpleasant smell, just odd.
Carefully, the ex-priestess spilled some of it on her hands, and proceeded to gently rub Yuuki's foot, spreading the mixture over the swollen skin.
"Relax" she said, looking up, and smiled again. "That is to calm down your tissue to make it receptive for aiding the bone itself. Just don't mind the ticklish feeling."
Gabrie was telling her patient what she was doing simply because she had been taught that it helped - the patient more or less knew what was going on, and why she was doing what she was doing. That usually resulted in a much more calm patient, which meant an easier healing.
After several minutes which seemed to be spent entirely on ever so carefully massaging the foot, Gabrie had the feeling of where everything was. The gap in the bone, the position of the pieces, the tissue, how it was, and how it should be.
One might think that healing a wound or a broken bone might be a simple process with magic. You say heal, flesh grows back together, everyone happy. That was not exactly the case though - atleast not for Gabrie. You couldn't let the flesh grow and the bone realign itself randomly - that would only result in pretty much the same thing that happened when you didn't tend to a broken bone with conventional methods. The bone might not be broken anymore, but the shape could be wrong. A finger could end up crooked, for example. That was why it was a little more complex to mend a bone - you had to take care that it was healed properly.
"I'll now start with the bone." she said, looking up again. " If you feel a bit of pain - like needles, or stepping on small, sharp stones - don't worry again. It'll be over quickly."
After a reassuring smile, she began her actual work.
Murmuring for the aid of the spirits around her, of life and water, she let her mind work. She knew where everything had to be, so she pushed, carefully. As damaged tissue regrew, and the swollen flesh slowly returned to normal, the bone also moved, ever so slowly, until it was perfectly aligned, as it had been before the foot had been hurt. Another flow of Gabrie's power caused the bone to cross the tiny gap, growing back completely. Now all that was left was the swelling. WIth her mind, she gently prodded the flesh, removed excess water, and gentled the irritated tissue.
To a watcher, it had seemed as if slowly, over the course of about twenty minutes, the swelling was simply fading away, while the color of the skin returned to normal, all while Gabrie was 'massaging' the foot..
Finally, it was done. Silently, Gabrie folded her hands, and silently thanked the spirits that had surely aided her in this.
Then, after that, she looked up. "It is done, you should not feel any pain now. Please, why don't you try walking?"
OOC: Like this should be fine ^^; I hope it doesn't show that I haven't rped in like three months =o
