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"I'm going to listen to your breathing, all right?" Over the years, Dristan's bedside manner had improved. He still wouldn't say he was the first choice for those requiring the most reassurance, but empathy went a long way toward understand a patient's fears. That was even more true with...

While Dristan wasn’t an especially social person in his younger years--despite having so many siblings--he’d gradually learned to carry a conversation. It was easier with some than others, and thankfully this woman seemed of a mind to engage with him. “A healer then? My father was a healer, I...

(( 30 Firstfall - Denerim Docks, Mid-Afternoon - Kiran Xuresh )) Dristan hadn’t expected to stay in Denerim for more than a few days. To be frank, he hadn’t expected to end up stranded in the midst of a snowstorm with a woman who absolutely detested him, either, but that was the turn his luck...

The woman shrugged, as though getting a young, excitable animal to behave was the easiest thing in the world. “Just something that happens when you get to know your animals. She just needed some attention is all.” She gestured to her own beast then, an older mule, “Lola’s content to be left...

The woman he had planned to merely pass on the road looked as though she’d been in the wilderness for months, if not longer. Dristan would never say that aloud--for all that he could be a bit of a fool in social situations, he knew that comment would not be received well--yet he didn’t mean it...

Dristan had long resisted the idea of purchasing a mule or some other beast of burden, despite how necessary it had become. Aside from the upfront cost, a mule was a living creature. It could not simply be purchased and then ignored. An animal required constant upkeep, not just monetarily, but...

Name: Dristan Xuresh Race: Human Gender: Male Date of Birth: 3 Kingsway, 8:94 in Eastshore Occupation: Apothecary Companion(s): N/A Dristan is of average height with a lean build that sometimes appears gaunt in unflattering light. His olive skin is in contrast to his light blue-grey...