Luvena
She watched him move around the tiny practice carefully, trying not to displace any of her few belongings, and a small smile graced her face. “I promise you, you are far from the least sociable person I’ve had to deal with” she reassured, thinking to a few notable faces she’d come across in the past few years.
“Oh you should!” Luvena answered eagerly. “Theres well more than enough business here to go around. I could use someone else to send patients too. There are some cases I simply cannot take…” she trailed off for a moment. “The risk is just too high for myself… Truthfully, I’m trying to escape the business” she hesitated for a moment, taking another drawn out sip of her tea. “It’s not quite public knowledge yet, but, I’ve taken up the throne beside Israfel. I can’t do both, I have been for a few weeks and it’s…” she didn’t finish her sentence, unwilling to admit that it was far to much for her.
“I’ve been meaning to ask Polar North to take over now for ages but I just haven’t found the words. Honestly it’s hard to give it up. I put a lot of work into this little thing” She fell silent for a moment. She loved her clinic, and what she did, but it was a lot of work, and she wouldn’t be able to keep up this business of running the clinic during the day, and the kingdom in the evening much longer. “I’ve half a mind to keep it closed for today but it’s far to late in the season now to start closing for more than a few hours”
She dipped her head to him in acceptance of the gift. “I hope you’re sure. I think you’ll find working here through the colder months that stores run out far too quickly. I was nearly out of feverfew after the first two weeks last year, thankfully Pol has been a help in that department.”
@Gareth
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