text | un: wei laozu, following the protestors being escorted to jail

[weifinder]

Dear Friends,

I am presently enjailed with a number of the protestors who did not have the luck to get free of the ordered guards. Some here have been injured, and we've done what we can on limited supplies and with limited sympathy, but it wouldn't be a terrible idea to drop some fresh clean bandages in, maybe a few poultices for healing, and also:

I probably need to exit this particular stage after chatting up my cellmates for their thoughts, to the accompaniment of the odd gurgle from the semi-conscious man in the corner. Don't worry, he's actually improving.

Remember, make love! Not violence! Makes for more fertile growing grounds.

- Wei Wuxian

( this is help, only not a distressed call for help, from Wei Wuxian, Jailbird. he's so thankful zero dogs are involved in this venture. )

Comments

[bearshermark]

[Lessons from Moran and the ramshackle reputation he's built tempt him to try something bold. If they didn't work the same side, it wouldn't be possible, but..]

I'll come down as an apprentice healer with bandages and food. If you can coax the injured close to the bars, I should be able to get away with healing them.

[weifinder]

( Temper action, Eleven, but wisely this is a move forward. )

That I can manage, but take care, ah? Redirection, remember. Sorcery as they call such things here is of mixed acceptance, and these are not all people who accept it without consequence.

[bearshermark]

Healers are more trusted than their sorcerers. I'll manage it if I'm questioned.

[weifinder]

Good! Never forget you can complain about how people don't know enough to stay uninjured, that's always a favourite, the guards may even agree!

[bearshermark]

Do they curry Macaluso's favour?

[weifinder]

Perhaps, but most have a job, and to serve it, they needn't be highly political in their lines. They're not particularly cruel here, or even on edge.

[bearshermark]

I'll keep that in mind.

[weifinder]

Also, with the exception of my gurgling friend (who has continued to do better), few down here are in real distress. You could say the whole mood is more relaxed and resigned than on edge. Better to match that then worry too much, I feel.

[bearshermark]

Yes, all right. If the injuries are minor, then they shouldn't take more than a brief touch to heal. Subtle work.

[weifinder]

Not to mention, of the kind you prefer: freely given, nothing needed in return.

[bearshermark]

[He's been translating Wanji for some time now, but still this escapes him]

I'm not sure I follow.

[weifinder]

In this case, you can heal without me suggestion you think about charging for any of those services. Apprentices do good works, do they not? This is one of yours.

[bearshermark]

[Oh, right, that. Sa-Hareth feels so long ago]

True enough. It's seemed to be the most useful ability I have, so I'm happy to employ it freely where I can.

[weifinder]

You've plenty of useful skills and abilities, Eleven, but you're not wrong that in this present moment, for these people, that's likely the most valuable.

[bearshermark]

[He goes back and forth on how he feels about that sentiment for a good minute, but ultimately chooses not to address it much further]

Thanks. I should be along shortly.

[weifinder]

See you when you're here!