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[ By now, Claire has a grasp on how communicating with others works, and after writing out her thoughts to be sure she knows exactly what she'd like to send, she sits back in her chair. Her handwriting of choice is neat and slightly slanted. ]

𝑀𝑦 𝑛𝑎𝑚𝑒 𝑖𝑠 𝐶𝑙𝑎𝑖𝑟𝑒 𝐹𝑟𝑎𝑠𝑒𝑟. 𝐼 𝑑𝑜𝑛'𝑡 𝑤𝑖𝑠ℎ 𝑡𝑜 𝑐𝑎𝑢𝑠𝑒 𝑎𝑙𝑎𝑟𝑚, 𝑏𝑢𝑡 𝐼 𝑏𝑒𝑙𝑖𝑒𝑣𝑒 𝑓𝑜𝑟 𝑠𝑜𝑚𝑒 𝑜𝑓 𝑢𝑠, 𝑡ℎ𝑎𝑡'𝑠 𝑎𝑙𝑟𝑒𝑎𝑑𝑦 ℎ𝑎𝑝𝑝𝑒𝑛𝑒𝑑. 𝑇𝑜 𝑎𝑙𝑙 𝐹𝑟𝑒𝑒 𝐶𝑖𝑡𝑖𝑒𝑠, 𝐼 𝑟𝑒𝑐𝑜𝑚𝑚𝑒𝑛𝑑 𝑡ℎ𝑎𝑡 𝑦𝑜𝑢 𝑠𝑒𝑡 𝑢𝑝 𝑠𝑜𝑚𝑒 𝑠𝑜𝑟𝑡 𝑜𝑓 𝑐𝑒𝑛𝑡𝑟𝑎𝑙 𝑡𝑟𝑖𝑎𝑔𝑒 𝑎𝑟𝑒𝑎 𝑖𝑓 𝑦𝑜𝑢 𝑑𝑜𝑛'𝑡 𝑎𝑙𝑟𝑒𝑎𝑑𝑦 ℎ𝑎𝑣𝑒 𝑎 𝑚𝑒𝑑𝑖𝑐𝑎𝑙 𝑐𝑒𝑛𝑡𝑒𝑟. 𝐼'𝑚 𝑎 𝑑𝑜𝑐𝑡𝑜𝑟, 𝑎 𝑡𝑟𝑎𝑖𝑛𝑒𝑑 𝑔𝑒𝑛𝑒𝑟𝑎𝑙 𝑠𝑢𝑟𝑔𝑒𝑜𝑛, 𝑎𝑛𝑑 𝑢𝑛𝑓𝑜𝑟𝑡𝑢𝑛𝑎𝑡𝑒𝑙𝑦, 𝐼'𝑣𝑒 𝑛𝑒𝑣𝑒𝑟 𝑏𝑒𝑒𝑛 𝑖𝑛 𝑎 𝑠𝑖𝑡𝑢𝑎𝑡𝑖𝑜𝑛 𝑤ℎ𝑒𝑟𝑒 𝑑𝑖𝑠𝑎𝑝𝑝𝑒𝑎𝑟𝑎𝑛𝑐𝑒𝑠 𝑑𝑜𝑛'𝑡 𝑐𝑜𝑚𝑒 𝑤𝑖𝑡ℎ 𝑡𝑟𝑎𝑢𝑚𝑎 𝑖𝑛 𝑡ℎ𝑒 𝑎𝑓𝑡𝑒𝑟𝑚𝑎𝑡ℎ. 𝑃𝑟𝑒𝑝𝑎𝑟𝑒 𝑓𝑜𝑟 𝑡ℎ𝑒 𝑤𝑜𝑟𝑠𝑡, 𝑏𝑢𝑡 ℎ𝑜𝑝𝑒 𝑓𝑜𝑟 𝑡ℎ𝑒 𝑏𝑒𝑠𝑡, 𝑎𝑠 𝑡ℎ𝑒𝑦 𝑠𝑎𝑦.

𝐵𝑎𝑠𝑖𝑐 𝑠𝑢𝑝𝑝𝑙𝑖𝑒𝑠 𝑎𝑟𝑒 𝑎 𝑠𝑡𝑎𝑟𝑡: 𝑤𝑎𝑡𝑒𝑟 𝑡ℎ𝑎𝑡'𝑠 𝑏𝑒𝑒𝑛 𝑏𝑜𝑖𝑙𝑒𝑑 𝑓𝑜𝑟 𝑤𝑎𝑠ℎ𝑖𝑛𝑔 ℎ𝑎𝑛𝑑𝑠, 𝑎𝑛𝑑 𝑠𝑒𝑝𝑎𝑟𝑎𝑡𝑒 𝑏𝑜𝑖𝑙𝑖𝑛𝑔 𝑤𝑎𝑡𝑒𝑟 𝑓𝑜𝑟 𝑠𝑎𝑛𝑖𝑡𝑖𝑧𝑖𝑛𝑔 𝑎𝑛𝑦 𝑚𝑒𝑑𝑖𝑐𝑎𝑙 𝑖𝑛𝑠𝑡𝑟𝑢𝑚𝑒𝑛𝑡𝑠. 𝐴𝑛𝑦 𝑠𝑡𝑟𝑖𝑝𝑠 𝑜𝑓 𝑐𝑙𝑜𝑡ℎ 𝑐𝑎𝑛 𝑏𝑒 𝑢𝑠𝑒𝑑 𝑎𝑠 𝑏𝑎𝑛𝑑𝑎𝑔𝑒𝑠 𝑎𝑠 𝑙𝑜𝑛𝑔 𝑎𝑠 𝑡ℎ𝑒𝑦'𝑟𝑒 𝑏𝑜𝑖𝑙𝑒𝑑 𝑎𝑛𝑑 𝑘𝑒𝑝𝑡 𝑐𝑜𝑣𝑒𝑟𝑒𝑑 𝑤ℎ𝑖𝑙𝑒 𝑛𝑜𝑡 𝑖𝑛 𝑢𝑠𝑒. 𝐴𝑙𝑐𝑜ℎ𝑜𝑙 𝑐𝑎𝑛 𝑏𝑒 𝑢𝑠𝑒𝑑 𝑡𝑜 𝑐𝑙𝑒𝑎𝑛 𝑤𝑜𝑢𝑛𝑑𝑠, 𝑎𝑛𝑑 𝑒𝑥𝑡𝑟𝑒𝑚𝑒 ℎ𝑒𝑎𝑡 𝑐𝑎𝑛 𝑐𝑎𝑢𝑡𝑒𝑟𝑖𝑧𝑒 𝑡ℎ𝑒𝑚. 𝐻𝑜𝑛𝑒𝑦 𝑎𝑐𝑡𝑠 𝑎𝑠 𝑎 𝑛𝑎𝑡𝑢𝑟𝑎𝑙 𝑎𝑛𝑡𝑖𝑏𝑖𝑜𝑡𝑖𝑐 𝑎𝑛𝑑 𝑐𝑎𝑛 𝑏𝑒 𝑎𝑝𝑝𝑙𝑖𝑒𝑑 𝑏𝑒𝑛𝑒𝑎𝑡ℎ 𝑏𝑎𝑛𝑎𝑑𝑎𝑔𝑒𝑠. 𝐼𝑓 𝑎𝑛𝑦𝑜𝑛𝑒 𝑤𝑜𝑢𝑙𝑑 𝑙𝑖𝑘𝑒 𝑑𝑒𝑚𝑜𝑛𝑠𝑡𝑟𝑎𝑡𝑖𝑜𝑛𝑠 𝑜𝑓 𝑡ℎ𝑒𝑠𝑒 𝑡ℎ𝑖𝑛𝑔𝑠, 𝑝𝑙𝑒𝑎𝑠𝑒 𝑐𝑜𝑛𝑡𝑎𝑐𝑡 𝑚𝑒 𝑎𝑛𝑑 𝑤𝑒 𝑐𝑎𝑛 𝑎𝑟𝑟𝑎𝑛𝑔𝑒 𝑎 𝑡𝑖𝑚𝑒 𝑡𝑜 𝑚𝑒𝑒𝑡 𝑖𝑛 𝑡ℎ𝑒 𝐻𝑜𝑟𝑖𝑧𝑜𝑛. 𝐼𝑓 𝑦𝑜𝑢 𝑓𝑖𝑛𝑑 𝑦𝑜𝑢𝑟𝑠𝑒𝑙𝑓 ℎ𝑎𝑛𝑑𝑦 𝑤𝑖𝑡ℎ 𝑎 𝑛𝑒𝑒𝑑𝑙𝑒, 𝑤𝑒 𝑐𝑎𝑛 𝑝𝑟𝑎𝑐𝑡𝑖𝑐𝑒 𝑏𝑎𝑠𝑖𝑐 𝑠𝑢𝑡𝑢𝑟𝑒𝑠. 𝐴𝑛𝑑 𝑜𝑓 𝑐𝑜𝑢𝑟𝑠𝑒, 𝑖𝑓 𝑦𝑜𝑢 𝑎𝑟𝑒 𝑎 ℎ𝑒𝑎𝑙𝑒𝑟 𝑜𝑟 ℎ𝑎𝑣𝑒 𝑡ℎ𝑒 𝑎𝑏𝑖𝑙𝑖𝑡𝑦 𝑡𝑜 ℎ𝑒𝑎𝑙, 𝑦𝑜𝑢'𝑙𝑙 𝑏𝑒 𝑛𝑒𝑒𝑑𝑒𝑑 𝑖𝑛 𝑦𝑜𝑢𝑟 𝑐𝑜𝑚𝑚𝑢𝑛𝑖𝑡𝑦.

𝐹𝑜𝑟 𝑡ℎ𝑜𝑠𝑒 𝑖𝑛 𝑆𝑜𝑙𝑣𝑢𝑛𝑛, 𝐼'𝑙𝑙 𝑏𝑒 𝑓𝑜𝑙𝑙𝑜𝑤𝑖𝑛𝑔 𝑚𝑦 𝑜𝑤𝑛 𝑎𝑑𝑣𝑖𝑐𝑒. 𝐼 𝑐𝑜𝑢𝑙𝑑 𝑑𝑜 𝑤𝑖𝑡ℎ 𝑒𝑖𝑡ℎ𝑒𝑟 𝑎 𝑏𝑢𝑖𝑙𝑑𝑖𝑛𝑔 𝑎𝑠 𝑎 𝑐𝑒𝑛𝑡𝑟𝑎𝑙 𝑙𝑜𝑐𝑎𝑡𝑖𝑜𝑛 𝑜𝑟 𝑎 𝑡𝑒𝑛𝑡 𝑜𝑓 𝑠𝑜𝑚𝑒 𝑠𝑜𝑟𝑡, 𝑤𝑖𝑡ℎ 𝑡𝑎𝑏𝑙𝑒𝑠 𝑓𝑜𝑟 𝑏𝑜𝑡ℎ 𝑝𝑙𝑎𝑐𝑖𝑛𝑔 𝑖𝑛𝑠𝑡𝑟𝑢𝑚𝑒𝑛𝑡𝑠 𝑎𝑛𝑑 𝑎𝑠 𝑚𝑎𝑘𝑒𝑠ℎ𝑖𝑓𝑡 𝑐𝑜𝑡𝑠. 𝐴𝑛𝑦𝑜𝑛𝑒 𝑤ℎ𝑜 𝑖𝑠𝑛'𝑡 𝑠𝑞𝑢𝑒𝑎𝑚𝑖𝑠ℎ 𝑜𝑟 𝑑𝑜𝑒𝑠𝑛'𝑡 𝑚𝑖𝑛𝑑 𝑟𝑢𝑛𝑛𝑖𝑛𝑔 𝑒𝑟𝑟𝑎𝑛𝑑𝑠 (𝑚𝑜𝑠𝑡𝑙𝑦 𝑓𝑒𝑡𝑐ℎ𝑖𝑛𝑔 𝑤𝑎𝑡𝑒𝑟 𝑎𝑛𝑑 𝑡𝑒𝑛𝑑𝑖𝑛𝑔 𝑓𝑖𝑟𝑒𝑠) 𝑤𝑜𝑢𝑙𝑑 𝑏𝑒 𝑔𝑟𝑒𝑎𝑡𝑙𝑦 𝑎𝑝𝑝𝑟𝑒𝑐𝑖𝑎𝑡𝑒𝑑. 𝐷𝑜𝑛𝑎𝑡𝑖𝑜𝑛𝑠 𝑜𝑓 𝑐𝑙𝑜𝑡ℎ 𝑤𝑜𝑢𝑙𝑑 𝑎𝑙𝑠𝑜 𝑏𝑒 𝑎𝑝𝑝𝑟𝑒𝑐𝑖𝑎𝑡𝑒𝑑 𝑖𝑓 𝑦𝑜𝑢 𝑐𝑎𝑛 𝑚𝑎𝑛𝑎𝑔𝑒.

𝑇ℎ𝑒 𝑚𝑎𝑖𝑛 𝑖𝑠𝑠𝑢𝑒 𝑜𝑓 𝑖𝑚𝑝𝑜𝑟𝑡𝑎𝑛𝑐𝑒 𝑓𝑜𝑟 𝑎𝑛𝑦𝑜𝑛𝑒 𝑡𝑒𝑛𝑑𝑖𝑛𝑔 𝑡𝑜 𝑡ℎ𝑒 𝑖𝑛𝑗𝑢𝑟𝑒𝑑 𝑖𝑠 𝑡𝑜 𝑘𝑒𝑒𝑝 𝑦𝑜𝑢𝑟 ℎ𝑎𝑛𝑑𝑠 𝑎𝑠 𝑐𝑙𝑒𝑎𝑛 𝑎𝑠 𝑦𝑜𝑢 𝑝𝑜𝑠𝑠𝑖𝑏𝑙𝑦 𝑐𝑎𝑛. 𝐾𝑒𝑒𝑝 𝑐𝑎𝑙𝑚, 𝑎𝑛𝑑 𝑖𝑓 𝑦𝑜𝑢'𝑟𝑒 𝑝𝑟𝑒𝑠𝑒𝑛𝑡𝑒𝑑 𝑤𝑖𝑡ℎ 𝑎 𝑐𝑜𝑚𝑝𝑙𝑖𝑐𝑎𝑡𝑒𝑑 𝑖𝑛𝑗𝑢𝑟𝑦, 𝑑𝑜𝑛'𝑡 𝑝𝑎𝑛𝑖𝑐. 𝐼𝑓 𝑦𝑜𝑢 𝑛𝑒𝑒𝑑 𝑎𝑛𝑦𝑡ℎ𝑖𝑛𝑔, 𝐼'𝑚 𝑎𝑣𝑎𝑖𝑙𝑎𝑏𝑙𝑒.

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[ Claire has no idea when Nadine might have been from, so with confirmation that she's from a more recent time, or at least one with verbiage more familiar to Claire's life in the 20th century, she doesn't hold back. ]

𝑂𝑙𝑑-𝑠𝑐ℎ𝑜𝑜𝑙 𝑤𝑖𝑙𝑙 𝑏𝑒 𝑡ℎ𝑒 𝑣𝑒𝑟𝑦 𝑙𝑒𝑎𝑠𝑡 𝑜𝑓 𝑚𝑦 𝑝𝑟𝑜𝑏𝑙𝑒𝑚𝑠, 𝐼 𝑝𝑟𝑜𝑚𝑖𝑠𝑒. 𝐼 𝑤𝑜𝑢𝑙𝑑 𝑙𝑜𝑣𝑒 𝑎 𝑔𝑜𝑜𝑑 𝑠𝑢𝑟𝑔𝑖𝑐𝑎𝑙 𝑘𝑖𝑡, 𝑚𝑖𝑛𝑒 𝑤𝑎𝑠 𝑢𝑛𝑓𝑜𝑟𝑡𝑢𝑛𝑎𝑡𝑒𝑙𝑦 𝑙𝑜𝑠𝑡 𝑗𝑢𝑠𝑡 𝑏𝑒𝑓𝑜𝑟𝑒 𝐼 𝑎𝑟𝑟𝑖𝑣𝑒𝑑. 𝑇ℎ𝑜𝑢𝑔ℎ 𝑔𝑖𝑣𝑒𝑛 𝑡ℎ𝑒 𝑠𝑡𝑎𝑡𝑒 𝐼 𝑤𝑎𝑠 𝑖𝑛, 𝐼'𝑚 𝑛𝑜𝑡 𝑠𝑢𝑟𝑒 𝐼 𝑤𝑜𝑢𝑙𝑑 ℎ𝑎𝑣𝑒 ℎ𝑎𝑑 𝑖𝑡 𝑤𝑖𝑡ℎ 𝑚𝑒, 𝑖𝑛 𝑎𝑛𝑦 𝑐𝑎𝑠𝑒. 𝑂ℎ, 𝑎𝑛𝑑 𝑠𝑦𝑟𝑖𝑛𝑔𝑒𝑠 𝑡𝑜𝑜, 𝑝𝑙𝑒𝑎𝑠𝑒. 𝑅𝑒𝑎𝑙 𝑏𝑎𝑛𝑑𝑎𝑔𝑖𝑛𝑔 𝑖𝑛𝑠𝑡𝑒𝑎𝑑 𝑜𝑓 𝑎𝑠𝑘𝑖𝑛𝑔 𝑜𝑡ℎ𝑒𝑟𝑠 𝑡𝑜 𝑢𝑡𝑖𝑙𝑖𝑧𝑒 𝑏𝑜𝑖𝑙𝑒𝑑 𝑏𝑒𝑑𝑠ℎ𝑒𝑒𝑡𝑠 𝑤𝑜𝑢𝑙𝑑 𝑏𝑒 𝑤𝑒𝑙𝑐𝑜𝑚𝑒. 𝐼 𝑤𝑜𝑢𝑙𝑑𝑛'𝑡 𝑑𝑎𝑟𝑒 𝑡𝑜 ℎ𝑜𝑝𝑒 𝑡ℎ𝑒𝑟𝑒'𝑠 𝑎𝑛𝑦𝑡ℎ𝑖𝑛𝑔 𝑙𝑖𝑘𝑒 𝑝𝑒𝑛𝑖𝑐𝑖𝑙𝑙𝑖𝑛.

[nadine_he_loves]

From what I've heard about Solvunn, they're the least developed of the kingdoms. The Free Cities is, at least science and technologically speaking, the most advanced. I'm from Earth, and if you are also it's sort of like the late Victorian era only they figured out things like germ theory and proper anesthesia a lot earlier.

Which means we don't have penicillin, but we do have tonics and salves to kill off infections of all variety. And good surgical tools.

I'll put together whatever I can for you. I get funding from the academy so I can set you up pretty well.

[beautifullies]

[ Claire wouldn't necessarily want to live somewhere else at this point, but she wouldn't mind a little more technology, either. Still, the life of Solvunn makes her feel closer to Jamie. ]

𝐼'𝑚 ℎ𝑎𝑝𝑝𝑦 𝑡𝑜 𝑏𝑒 𝑤𝑜𝑟𝑘𝑖𝑛𝑔 𝑤𝑖𝑡ℎ 𝑦𝑜𝑢. 𝐼'𝑚 𝑎𝑙𝑠𝑜 𝑓𝑟𝑜𝑚 𝐸𝑎𝑟𝑡ℎ, 𝑤ℎ𝑖𝑐ℎ 𝑖𝑠 𝑠𝑡𝑖𝑙𝑙 𝑎 𝑛𝑒𝑤 𝑎𝑑𝑑𝑖𝑡𝑖𝑜𝑛 𝑡𝑜 𝑚𝑦 𝑖𝑛𝑡𝑟𝑜𝑑𝑢𝑐𝑡𝑖𝑜𝑛. 𝐼'𝑚 𝑏𝑒𝑔𝑖𝑛𝑛𝑖𝑛𝑔 𝑡𝑜 𝑔𝑒𝑡 𝑢𝑠𝑒𝑑 𝑡𝑜 𝑖𝑡, 𝐼 𝑡ℎ𝑖𝑛𝑘.

[ Nope, not yet. She's getting there, though. ]

𝑀𝑎𝑦 𝐼 𝑎𝑠𝑘, 𝑤ℎ𝑎𝑡 𝑤𝑒𝑟𝑒 𝑦𝑜𝑢 ℎ𝑜𝑝𝑖𝑛𝑔 𝑡𝑜 𝑝𝑖𝑐𝑘 𝑓𝑜𝑟 𝑦𝑜𝑢𝑟 𝑓𝑖𝑒𝑙𝑑 𝑜𝑓 𝑚𝑒𝑑𝑖𝑐𝑖𝑛𝑒 𝑎𝑓𝑡𝑒𝑟 𝑟𝑒𝑠𝑖𝑑𝑒𝑛𝑐𝑦?

[nadine_he_loves]

There's a lot of us from Earth, actually. Different versions of Earth and different times, for most of us. But it helps, it's an automatic connection. I'm from 2020.

I honestly haven't decided yet. I just sort of thought general practice, when I started, but it's probably about time I gave it some serious thought.

[beautifullies]

𝑁𝑜𝑡 𝑡𝑜 𝑚𝑜𝑣𝑒 𝑡𝑜𝑜 𝑜𝑓𝑓-𝑡𝑜𝑝𝑖𝑐, 𝑏𝑢𝑡 𝑚𝑖𝑔ℎ𝑡 𝐼 𝑝𝑢𝑡 𝑎 𝑝𝑖𝑡𝑐ℎ 𝑖𝑛 𝑓𝑜𝑟 𝑠𝑢𝑟𝑔𝑒𝑟𝑦?

[ 2020 feels so far away. Bree would be in her 70s, then, by Claire's quick math. Either way, Claire will be long dead by then, perhaps already is. ]

𝐼 𝑤𝑜𝑟𝑘𝑒𝑑 𝑖𝑛 𝑒𝑚𝑒𝑟𝑔𝑒𝑛𝑐𝑦 𝑠𝑢𝑟𝑔𝑒𝑟𝑦, 𝑖𝑡 𝑤𝑎𝑠 𝑞𝑢𝑖𝑡𝑒 𝑒𝑥ℎ𝑖𝑙𝑎𝑟𝑎𝑡𝑖𝑛𝑔, ℎ𝑜𝑛𝑒𝑠𝑡𝑙𝑦.

[nadine_he_loves]

No, it's okay, if we're going to be working together in any capacity it's probably a good idea for you to get a feel of what kind of healer I am and where my skill levels are.

I actually have some experience with surgery. And I'm doing my surgery assistance course right now. Which is basically me standing next to a real doctor and handing them things.

[beautifullies]

𝐼𝑓 𝐼'𝑚 𝑢𝑛𝑑𝑒𝑟𝑠𝑡𝑎𝑛𝑑𝑖𝑛𝑔 𝑡ℎ𝑒 𝐻𝑜𝑟𝑖𝑧𝑜𝑛 𝑐𝑜𝑟𝑟𝑒𝑐𝑡𝑙𝑦, 𝑤𝑒 𝑐𝑜𝑢𝑙𝑑 𝑝𝑟𝑎𝑐𝑡𝑖𝑐𝑒 𝑚𝑜𝑟𝑒 ℎ𝑎𝑛𝑑𝑠-𝑜𝑛, 𝑖𝑓 𝑦𝑜𝑢'𝑑 𝑙𝑖𝑘𝑒.

[ Claire would never turn down an opportunity to teach, and she believes in learning from other people, too. She's positive she can learn from someone living in the 21st century. ]

[nadine_he_loves]

That would be amazing, if you ever had the time.

I don't want to impose. But...I came to all this pretty late in life, I have a lot of catching up to do.

[beautifullies]

𝐿𝑒𝑡'𝑠 𝑔𝑒𝑡 𝑡ℎ𝑟𝑜𝑢𝑔ℎ 𝑡ℎ𝑖𝑠 𝑡ℎ𝑒 𝑏𝑒𝑠𝑡 𝑤𝑒 𝑐𝑎𝑛, 𝑜𝑟 𝐼'𝑙𝑙 𝑚𝑎𝑘𝑒 𝑡𝑖𝑚𝑒. 𝐴𝑛𝑑 𝐼'𝑑 𝑙𝑖𝑘𝑒 𝑡𝑜 𝑙𝑒𝑎𝑟𝑛 𝑓𝑟𝑜𝑚 𝑦𝑜𝑢, 𝑎𝑠 𝑤𝑒𝑙𝑙. 𝐼 𝑐𝑎𝑛'𝑡 𝑖𝑚𝑎𝑔𝑖𝑛𝑒 𝑡ℎ𝑒 𝑎𝑑𝑣𝑎𝑛𝑐𝑒𝑠 𝑠𝑖𝑛𝑐𝑒 𝐼 𝑔𝑟𝑎𝑑𝑢𝑎𝑡𝑒𝑑 𝑚𝑒𝑑 𝑠𝑐ℎ𝑜𝑜𝑙 𝑖𝑛 𝑡ℎ𝑒 '50𝑠.

[ What Claire says next isn't to brag, isn't to put herself on a pedestal. Women in this field is important to her in a way she can't quite explain. ]

𝐼 𝑤𝑎𝑠 𝑝𝑟𝑒𝑔𝑛𝑎𝑛𝑡 𝑤𝑖𝑡ℎ 𝑚𝑦 𝑑𝑎𝑢𝑔ℎ𝑡𝑒𝑟 𝑤ℎ𝑒𝑛 𝐼 𝑑𝑒𝑐𝑖𝑑𝑒𝑑 𝑡𝑜 𝑔𝑜 𝑡𝑜 𝑚𝑒𝑑𝑖𝑐𝑎𝑙 𝑠𝑐ℎ𝑜𝑜𝑙. 𝐴𝑓𝑡𝑒𝑟 𝑠ℎ𝑒 𝑡𝑢𝑟𝑛𝑒𝑑 𝑜𝑛𝑒, 𝐼 𝑎𝑝𝑝𝑙𝑖𝑒𝑑 𝑡𝑜 𝐻𝑎𝑟𝑣𝑎𝑟𝑑 𝑎𝑛𝑑 𝑤𝑎𝑠 𝑡ℎ𝑒 𝑓𝑖𝑟𝑠𝑡 𝑤𝑜𝑚𝑎𝑛 𝑎𝑑𝑚𝑖𝑡𝑡𝑒𝑑 𝑡𝑜 𝑡ℎ𝑒𝑖𝑟 𝑚𝑒𝑑𝑖𝑐𝑎𝑙 𝑠𝑐ℎ𝑜𝑜𝑙, 𝑡ℎ𝑒 𝑓𝑖𝑟𝑠𝑡 𝑜𝑛𝑒 𝑡𝑜 𝑔𝑟𝑎𝑑𝑢𝑎𝑡𝑒. 𝐼 𝑤𝑎𝑠 𝑗𝑢𝑠𝑡 𝑝𝑎𝑠𝑡 𝑚𝑦 𝑚𝑖𝑑-30𝑠. 𝐼𝑡 𝑖𝑠𝑛'𝑡 𝑡𝑜𝑜 𝑙𝑎𝑡𝑒, 𝑒𝑣𝑒𝑟. 𝐼𝑓 𝑦𝑜𝑢 𝑘𝑛𝑜𝑤 𝑤ℎ𝑎𝑡 𝑦𝑜𝑢 𝑤𝑎𝑛𝑡, 𝑦𝑜𝑢 𝑔𝑜 𝑓𝑜𝑟 𝑖𝑡, 𝑛𝑜 𝑚𝑎𝑡𝑡𝑒𝑟 𝑤ℎ𝑎𝑡 𝑎𝑛𝑦𝑜𝑛𝑒 ℎ𝑎𝑠 𝑡𝑜 𝑠𝑎𝑦.

[ She's such a mother, too, encouraging, wanting to see someone who truly has a passion succeed. ]

[nadine_he_loves]

Thank you. That's really amazing.

I was 38 when I enrolled in the academy, I'm 40 now. I was an elementary school teacher back home since right out of college. Sometimes I think I'm nuts for starting a whole new career at this point in my life.

But then things like this happen, and I'm in a position to help, and that's why I'm doing it.

[beautifullies]

[ Already, Claire wants to take this woman under her wing. She's always wanted to share what she knows, impart knowledge. Bree couldn't have been less interested in medicine, too squeamish. Nadine is already there, wanting to learn. ]

𝑌𝑜𝑢 𝑠ℎ𝑜𝑢𝑙𝑑 𝑎𝑙𝑤𝑎𝑦𝑠 𝑑𝑜 𝑤ℎ𝑎𝑡 𝑓𝑒𝑒𝑙𝑠 𝑟𝑖𝑔ℎ𝑡 𝑖𝑛 𝑦𝑜𝑢𝑟 𝑏𝑜𝑛𝑒𝑠. 𝐻𝑜𝑛𝑒𝑠𝑡𝑙𝑦, 𝐼 𝑡ℎ𝑜𝑢𝑔ℎ𝑡 𝐼 𝑤𝑎𝑠 𝑐𝑜𝑛𝑡𝑒𝑛𝑡 𝑏𝑒𝑖𝑛𝑔 𝑎 𝑛𝑢𝑟𝑠𝑒 𝑎𝑓𝑡𝑒𝑟 𝑡ℎ𝑒 𝑤𝑎𝑟. 𝐵𝑢𝑡 𝑡ℎ𝑖𝑛𝑔𝑠 ℎ𝑎𝑝𝑝𝑒𝑛, 𝑙𝑖𝑓𝑒 𝑐ℎ𝑎𝑛𝑔𝑒𝑠, 𝑎𝑛𝑑 ℎ𝑒𝑟𝑒 𝐼 𝑎𝑚. 𝐴𝑛𝑑 𝑡ℎ𝑒𝑟𝑒 𝑦𝑜𝑢 𝑤𝑖𝑙𝑙 𝑏𝑒. 𝑌𝑜𝑢 𝑎𝑟𝑒𝑛'𝑡 𝑐𝑟𝑎𝑧𝑦, 𝑓𝑎𝑟 𝑓𝑟𝑜𝑚 𝑖𝑡. 𝐾𝑛𝑜𝑤𝑖𝑛𝑔 𝑤ℎ𝑎𝑡 𝑦𝑜𝑢𝑟 𝑐𝑎𝑙𝑙𝑖𝑛𝑔 𝑖𝑠 𝑑𝑜𝑒𝑠𝑛'𝑡 ℎ𝑎𝑝𝑝𝑒𝑛 𝑓𝑜𝑟 𝑒𝑣𝑒𝑟𝑦𝑜𝑛𝑒 𝑗𝑢𝑠𝑡 𝑜𝑢𝑡 𝑜𝑓 ℎ𝑖𝑔ℎ 𝑠𝑐ℎ𝑜𝑜𝑙, 𝑜𝑟 𝑒𝑣𝑒𝑛 𝑖𝑛 𝑢𝑛𝑖𝑣𝑒𝑟𝑠𝑖𝑡𝑦.

[ She has a potential partner here, even if they aren't in the same space; the Horizon will help with some of that. Claire will nurture this in Nadine the best she can. ]

𝐼'𝑚 𝑔𝑙𝑎𝑑 𝑦𝑜𝑢'𝑟𝑒 ℎ𝑒𝑟𝑒, 𝑎𝑛𝑦𝑜𝑛𝑒 𝑤𝑖𝑡ℎ 𝑚𝑒𝑑𝑖𝑐𝑎𝑙 𝑎𝑛𝑑 ℎ𝑒𝑟𝑏𝑎𝑙 𝑘𝑛𝑜𝑤𝑙𝑒𝑑𝑔𝑒 𝑖𝑠 𝑔𝑜𝑖𝑛𝑔 𝑡𝑜 𝑏𝑒 𝑘𝑒𝑦 𝑤ℎ𝑒𝑛 𝑖𝑡 𝑐𝑜𝑚𝑒𝑠 𝑡𝑜 ℎ𝑒𝑙𝑝𝑖𝑛𝑔 𝑜𝑡ℎ𝑒𝑟𝑠 𝑡ℎ𝑒 𝑏𝑒𝑠𝑡 𝑤𝑒 𝑐𝑎𝑛.

[nadine_he_loves]

And sometimes a calling changes.

Thank you. And it looks like it might be easier to get you supplies than I thought. Can I contact you privately in a day or two?

[beautifullies]

𝑌𝑒𝑠, 𝑎𝑏𝑠𝑜𝑙𝑢𝑡𝑒𝑙𝑦. 𝐼'𝑙𝑙 𝑎𝑙𝑤𝑎𝑦𝑠 𝑡𝑎𝑘𝑒 𝑔𝑜𝑜𝑑 𝑛𝑒𝑤𝑠, 𝑎𝑛𝑦 𝑡𝑖𝑚𝑒 𝐼 𝑐𝑎𝑛 𝑔𝑒𝑡 𝑖𝑡.