chroma | catchall for vin

[countermeasures]

i haven't had coffee yet so this won't be pretty yet

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[allomantic]

[she nods.]

That is what I meant... I've often thought I would take the problems of a noble over other things.

[a little shrug, though.]

[countermeasures]

[honestly... that's fair. even when you're having problems as a noble, at least you generally have food in your belly and a roof over your head.]

That makes a certain amount of sense, though it really would be nicer if you didn't have to deal with any problems at all.

[allomantic]

[she pauses for a moment, not seeming too bothered as she continues.]

I suppose, but that is not what life is like.

[countermeasures]

No, it isn't.

[...]

Our current problems are rather pressing, at any rate.

[allomantic]

[nodding]

Yes... I would rather return home sooner rather than later.

[countermeasures]

...I would, too.

[she is firmly in the "will refuse to accept that there's no way back" camp]

[allomantic]

You were in the middle of something, I take it?

[countermeasures]

Yes.

[she huffs.]

And I imagine you must have been too?

[allomantic]

[nodding.]

It hardly seems rare among us.

[countermeasures]

It's so frustrating... it's not like this is a convenient time for us all to be away from home.

[allomantic]

What was going on where you are, if I may ask?

[countermeasures]

...my country is at war. I had joined [read: sneaked in by disguising herself as a soldier until they were too far away for her to get sent back] to serve as a doctor, and there was plague in one of the cities the other army had been attacking.

I'd been treating the townspeople who had been infected so we could evacuate them to somewhere safer before the next attack. Many of them had been showing a marked improvement, so we were just about to set out...

[allomantic]

...Is it often deadly?

[lightly concerned.]

[countermeasures]

If left untreated, yes...

[her brow furrows.]

But I was documenting the treatment that I'd been giving everyone. So... even if I'm not there, the other doctors should still be able to help...

[allomantic]

I see... I hope that you're right, in that case.

[...]

But you sound unsure.

[countermeasures]

...it's just that, without being there to see it myself, I can't help but worry that it's being done wrong.

[allomantic]

You are more skilled than them?

[it doesn't sound skeptical - it's an honest question.]

[countermeasures]

Yes.

[likewise, she doesn't sound like she's bragging - just stating a fact.]

[allomantic]

[nodding, accepting that immediately.]

Then I understand your worry.

[countermeasures]

...the sooner we find a way back the better.