[ Kind, she would have said, but she bites her lip. ]
— Dutiful.
[ That, if anything, makes her sound a little sadder. Andromeda may not have first-hand experience over what goes on in here, but she knows people that do — visitors that don't really have anything good to say about the experience. The rest of them, the pure-bloods in control, perhaps they are just doing their jobs, but Andromeda is smart enough to know that not all of them are like Regulus.
But she goes and continues her work, knowing that this is not the place, or the person, to speak her mind to. The easy and most painful part first — pulling the knife out of him. Excruciating, but the potion should numb the pain quickly after the initial flash of discomfort. It's all advanced wandwork, after that — knitting everything back together with barely a sound coming from her mouth, eyes trained to critically assess and correct the damage.
When she finally siphons the blood off his hand, all that's left is a very thin scar. ]
no subject
[ Kind, she would have said, but she bites her lip. ]
— Dutiful.
[ That, if anything, makes her sound a little sadder. Andromeda may not have first-hand experience over what goes on in here, but she knows people that do — visitors that don't really have anything good to say about the experience. The rest of them, the pure-bloods in control, perhaps they are just doing their jobs, but Andromeda is smart enough to know that not all of them are like Regulus.
But she goes and continues her work, knowing that this is not the place, or the person, to speak her mind to. The easy and most painful part first — pulling the knife out of him. Excruciating, but the potion should numb the pain quickly after the initial flash of discomfort. It's all advanced wandwork, after that — knitting everything back together with barely a sound coming from her mouth, eyes trained to critically assess and correct the damage.
When she finally siphons the blood off his hand, all that's left is a very thin scar. ]
I'm afraid skin care is out of my expertise.
[ It's a joke, kind of. She's trying? ]