[The idea of running on a broken splinted bone makes his shoulders hunch up just a bit. NOT THAT...]
...I'll hope that things don't come down to that, either. But I do understand what you mean... Ah - if I'm recalling, I also learned that you're meant to hold the arm against the body if possible. Is this true?
It's not like I hate them... they re-a-lly just -- [ He's interrupted by a tiny yawn which he covers with a mouth to be polite. ] Make me want to take a nap. See, what did I tell you...
Can't knock it's benefits though. Sometimes I'd see a book or two passed around in my platoon... can provide a good distraction.
[Said lightly, like he finds it funny, which he does. The rest has his head canting to the side a bit, though.]
Your platoon?
[THE WAY THEY DON'T HAVE AN ARMY IN VIRCHE BECAUSE THEY'RE FUCKING ISOLATED. He may know very vague basics from books that have washed up ashore from elsewhere but girl help.]
[Just nodding as he explains his FIELD MEDIC PAST and on and off love affair with doctoring. The idea of a great war between a fuckton of nations is so wild to him, though, primarily because thinking about a fuckton of nations at all is still novel.]
It sounds like such an enormous thing to be caught up in... Rather - I suppose it's exactly because it's so enormous that people end up caught up in it.
[Maybe Arpechele is actually better off in perpetual isolation? Much to consider.]
I suppose that's the case. [A light little sigh, and then:] I'm sure it comes as no surprise, but our country doesn't have an army. The closest we come are the Royal Guard.
[All they do is guard Royals and they suck at it.]
[IT'S ACTUALLY HUNDREDS OF YEARS OLD but they've gone through a million generations in that span until the current Reliver bunch, probably.]
We do, yes. They protect the Royal Family in the event of dangerous issues among the populace... I'd say they aren't overly-popular, but it would be more accurate to say that the people rarely give them thought, given they tend to stay sequestered away in their castle.
I'm not sure what's the point of having a royal family at that point, but far be it from me to judge how other nations choose to handle their matters. I've never placed much importance in things like blood anyway.
[ Or rather, it's more that he thinks people shouldn't, but that's a whole thing of its own. ]
[PHYSICALLY...... ALL BELOW 23... BRAIN NOT DONE COOKIN... Chronologically all around 80 or so. A terrible combination.]
They'll step in to issue decrees now and then... [They're always very troublesome and hinder more than help!! But even though they're not currently in Arpechele, he's not out here used to blaspheming the Royals so he just leaves it at this rather mild statement.]
But I believe there are others who would agree with that.
[ Objectively terrible but hilarious when put like this on paper. ]
If you work hard... you should be judged on those merits alone. Those are my thoughts, that's all.
[ He's not like... a monarchy hater, he doesn't have any real opinions on things like that. But as a general stance on people as a whole, that's more or less where he lies. ]
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You shouldn't put any weight on it still, but...
[ He takes it, pressing the tip against the ground and putting some light pressure on it. Between the splint support and wraps, it doesn't budge. ]
In a pinch, you could move on this if you needed to.
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...I'll hope that things don't come down to that, either. But I do understand what you mean... Ah - if I'm recalling, I also learned that you're meant to hold the arm against the body if possible. Is this true?
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If you're lying down, keeping it elevated would help?
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[He folds his arm across his chest. Buddy binding...]
I haven't heard about elevating it, though.
[RICE didn't exist in the 1800s.]
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[ That tracks. ]
That concludes that lesson I think. Pretty simple.
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[HE PASSED THE COURSE!! He will carefully start to unwrap the sticks so he can give the bandage back to Daan.]
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Only forwarding how I learned it, I suppose...
I wasn't very good at learning it all from books, so I got demonstrations much like this.
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Even the thought of a book makes me kind of want to yawn...
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Any book at all? Surely you've found at least one that you've enjoyed in your time.
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Can't knock it's benefits though. Sometimes I'd see a book or two passed around in my platoon... can provide a good distraction.
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[Said lightly, like he finds it funny, which he does. The rest has his head canting to the side a bit, though.]
Your platoon?
[THE WAY THEY DON'T HAVE AN ARMY IN VIRCHE BECAUSE THEY'RE FUCKING ISOLATED. He may know very vague basics from books that have washed up ashore from elsewhere but girl help.]
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...The Second Great War. The Kingdom of Rondon got involved... so I had to go.
Signed up as a field medic.
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So you've been working as a medic presumably for some time, then? ...May I ask what this "second great war" was?
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Field medic, just for the war.
[ I don't know when Rondon got involved and therefore how long he was actually on the front lines though. ]
Big war... roped up a lot of nations across Europa. That's why they call it "Great". The Bremen Empire against Bohemia, helmed by the Kaiser.
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What in the world started this...? And why twice?
[YALL HAD TWO GREAT WARS??]
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I wouldn't know... I guess I don't count as a civilian, but I'm just someone caught up in it all...
Plenty of people are.
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[Maybe Arpechele is actually better off in perpetual isolation? Much to consider.]
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[ To die young of a weird curse... or to die young because of war... choices, Lucas... ]
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I suppose that's the case. [A light little sigh, and then:] I'm sure it comes as no surprise, but our country doesn't have an army. The closest we come are the Royal Guard.
[All they do is guard Royals and they suck at it.]
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[ It's the youngest royal family line ever. ]
What do they guard the family from, exactly?
[ Everything okay, like, politically over there? Or do you have strife because your frontal lobes are statistically still developing. ]
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We do, yes. They protect the Royal Family in the event of dangerous issues among the populace... I'd say they aren't overly-popular, but it would be more accurate to say that the people rarely give them thought, given they tend to stay sequestered away in their castle.
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I'm not sure what's the point of having a royal family at that point, but far be it from me to judge how other nations choose to handle their matters. I've never placed much importance in things like blood anyway.
[ Or rather, it's more that he thinks people shouldn't, but that's a whole thing of its own. ]
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They'll step in to issue decrees now and then... [They're always very troublesome and hinder more than help!! But even though they're not currently in Arpechele, he's not out here used to blaspheming the Royals so he just leaves it at this rather mild statement.]
But I believe there are others who would agree with that.
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If you work hard... you should be judged on those merits alone. Those are my thoughts, that's all.
[ He's not like... a monarchy hater, he doesn't have any real opinions on things like that. But as a general stance on people as a whole, that's more or less where he lies. ]
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