*eyes the honey pot dubiously -- Honey? With mint? Honestly? -- and takes a sip from the cup after the other man finally pours for himself* *the scent rising from the cup has already prepared him for what it will taste like, so his expression gives nothing away after the first sip -- and people who have subsisted on rats can stomach herbal tea even if it does contain lemongrass*
*not deliberately evasive, but also cautious of how much he tells someone who's yet to introduce himself* Not terribly much of anything, at present, but...
*takes another sip from the cup -- it doesn't taste like tea, but it's starting to grow on him* I used to be a Healer [of course, he was only a full Healer for a period of about three weeks, because he was arrested {nothing Healing-related -- quite the opposite, as a matter of fact} shortly after he completed his qualifying exams, and so he's never actually had his own practice or had the opportunity to do the "fun" part of diagnosis and treatment without an attending healer or interfering medi-witch breathing down his neck], and there are people here who can use my help. *manages to say that last while steadily meeting the other man's eyes and without once glancing at his throat*
And as far as I'm aware, there's a current potential market of one, as I've only the one patient. Or two, if you include me, as well.
Good point! And it's now that I realise that I haven't re-read Thud even once. It's the Koom Valley/"That is not my cow" one, isn't it?
ALSO: I almost had Sirius mention that Xel is need of Skele-Gro, but this is because I know that Xel and Sev share your headspace, and not because Sirius is an incompetent Healer with no respect for patient-healer confidentiality. Just to let you know that if there is a slip, it's me being careless, not Sirius, and if you notice before I do, ping me so that I can repost the comment :)