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on 2015-03-06 11:17 pm (UTC)![[personal profile]](https://www.dreamwidth.org/img/silk/identity/user.png){kind=small}
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Cadfael looks at her sideways.
"He's a gentle old man, Abbot Heribert. He'll welcome you gladly."
"He's a gentle old man, Abbot Heribert. He'll welcome you gladly."
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on 2015-03-06 11:22 pm (UTC)lt_blade
Moments like this...Cadfael really did remind her of her dad-his referring her to daughter not withstanding.
"I'm just wary, that's all-required habit." From her career..from Outworld. "But I'll take your word for it."
There was something to say for anyone who would've met Sonya for the first time: her face bore the look of a woman who had witnessed a lot.
"I'm just wary, that's all-required habit." From her career..from Outworld. "But I'll take your word for it."
There was something to say for anyone who would've met Sonya for the first time: her face bore the look of a woman who had witnessed a lot.
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on 2015-03-06 11:23 pm (UTC)a_rare_benedictine
In a country at war, perhaps that's not unusual. Cadfael nods and leads her towards the abbot's cell for her audience.
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on 2015-03-06 11:31 pm (UTC)lt_blade
Sonya followed him inside, keeping an eye of what was going around her. She tried not to think of Sparky-the history nut of the group-he would've given his right arm for this sort of trip..
She would've trusted him with such knowledge, but he wasn't even alive for her to tell him.
The cell, in a strange sense, reminded her of the military barracks-nothing but the essentials. She supposed it would be that way with a room in a monastery, but it was funny that such a thing would remind her of the military.
She would've trusted him with such knowledge, but he wasn't even alive for her to tell him.
The cell, in a strange sense, reminded her of the military barracks-nothing but the essentials. She supposed it would be that way with a room in a monastery, but it was funny that such a thing would remind her of the military.
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on 2015-03-06 11:36 pm (UTC)a_rare_benedictine
"Here we are." He knocks on the door, and opens it when he hears the call. "My Abbot, we have a new guest today."
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on 2015-03-07 05:30 pm (UTC)lt_blade
The abbot had a kind face, Cadfael was right about that. Though Sonya still found herself resiting the urge to stand at attention.
She introduced herself, giving him a story she composed on her way, leaving in just basic details. Her husband did metal work in one of the neighboring villages, but he liked to experiment with different materials and one such experiment ended up taking his life.
They were lies woven with truth. Before joining the Special Forces, she worked with artillery-and Lance did die from having his throat cut.
She told the abbot she meant to leave sooner, but she wanted to make sure the boys who worked for her husband could hold the place while she was away. She was visiting for both a sense of peace, and because she heard of Cadfael's skill with herbs and wanted something to help her sleep.
She introduced herself, giving him a story she composed on her way, leaving in just basic details. Her husband did metal work in one of the neighboring villages, but he liked to experiment with different materials and one such experiment ended up taking his life.
They were lies woven with truth. Before joining the Special Forces, she worked with artillery-and Lance did die from having his throat cut.
She told the abbot she meant to leave sooner, but she wanted to make sure the boys who worked for her husband could hold the place while she was away. She was visiting for both a sense of peace, and because she heard of Cadfael's skill with herbs and wanted something to help her sleep.
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on 2015-03-07 05:31 pm (UTC)a_rare_benedictine
Cadfael listens, smiling benignly, until she's done and has the abbot's blessing to stay in the guest quarters. Instructed to show her there, he nods and opens the door.
"Shall we?"
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on 2015-03-07 05:59 pm (UTC)lt_blade
Sonya bowed her head just before they left, her following Cadfael to the guest quarters. The room itself, all things considered, was comfortable enough. She'd been forced to spend nights in worse places, and atleast the bed looked clean.
"Not sure I'll be staying this long." She only allowed herself to say so when they were out of earshot. "But, it's nice to think of having a place to just get away."
Not a vacation per say, but a place to just 'get a away.
"So..now I get to see your work place that you're so famous for?"
"Not sure I'll be staying this long." She only allowed herself to say so when they were out of earshot. "But, it's nice to think of having a place to just get away."
Not a vacation per say, but a place to just 'get a away.
"So..now I get to see your work place that you're so famous for?"
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on 2015-03-07 06:02 pm (UTC)a_rare_benedictine
"You can stay as long or a short time as you need to", he says gently. "And come back in the future, if you like. Of course, I'd be glad to show you."
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on 2015-03-07 06:25 pm (UTC)lt_blade
"We'll see how things play out." Maybe she would spend the night, but that would include the invitation to prayer, and she hadn't gone to prayer in years.
She followed him outside.
She followed him outside.
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on 2015-03-07 06:27 pm (UTC)a_rare_benedictine
Cadfael thinks, but doesn't say, that she might just find prayer comforting.
"Across the courtyard here. I have quite a large workroom."
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on 2015-03-07 07:06 pm (UTC)lt_blade
"If you end up as a chemist in a future life, I wouldn't be surprised." The way he worked with plants was almost in a similar way.
There was something welcoming about the garden and trees also. If she wasn't wanting a space for some privacy, she would've just liked to sit there for awhile. Outworld left her never wanting to take greenery for granted again.
There was something welcoming about the garden and trees also. If she wasn't wanting a space for some privacy, she would've just liked to sit there for awhile. Outworld left her never wanting to take greenery for granted again.
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on 2015-03-07 07:07 pm (UTC)a_rare_benedictine
"A future life?" he asks with a glance back at her. "Those are your beliefs?"
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on 2015-03-07 07:16 pm (UTC)lt_blade
"They're someone's beliefs, the idea that a person may go through multiple lives depending on factors. I just borrowed it." She wasn't all that serious in any case, though compared to what she's seen before and during this place-who knew if it was true.
"Past lives and good or bad karma, a number of people in my world reference those beliefs even if they don't really believe in them."
"Past lives and good or bad karma, a number of people in my world reference those beliefs even if they don't really believe in them."
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on 2015-03-07 07:17 pm (UTC)a_rare_benedictine
"Karma", he says thoughtfully. "I may have to research that, for my own interest."
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on 2015-03-07 07:40 pm (UTC)lt_blade
Stepping inside, Sonya felt a strange sense of peace. The workroom was cool and orderly even with all of the plant samples and hangings from the wall. A look around showed that he also used the place as a sort of 'hide away', with a bed and few utensils: she wondered if that explained the feeling as well.
"This is a nice place." She wasn't just referring to it as a work place-it 'felt' nice.
"Karma's just the belief that your actions will come back to affect you, be them good or bad. Those who believe it as part of their religion take it a step further believe that your actions in this life will affect what happens to you in the next, why most of them are vegetarian."
She made sure to read up on places where she was staying, knowing that to get people to understand them, she'd have to understand them.
"This is a nice place." She wasn't just referring to it as a work place-it 'felt' nice.
"Karma's just the belief that your actions will come back to affect you, be them good or bad. Those who believe it as part of their religion take it a step further believe that your actions in this life will affect what happens to you in the next, why most of them are vegetarian."
She made sure to read up on places where she was staying, knowing that to get people to understand them, she'd have to understand them.
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on 2015-03-07 07:43 pm (UTC)a_rare_benedictine
"This room is more my home than anywhere", he says matter-of-factly. "I spend as much time as I can here. Those people include doing any harm to any living creature among their actions?"
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on 2015-03-07 08:16 pm (UTC)lt_blade
"Looks it. Though I thought you guys slept in dormitories." She couldn't blame him if that wasn't always the case: life in the military afforded little privacy after all, she understood wanting to take what you could get.
Finding a stool, she invited herself to sit down.
Sonya nodded at his question. "It's an extreme belief that only a few follow, but that's the idea. I took a course in comparative religions, and lately I've been trying to read up on the older myths."
Finding a stool, she invited herself to sit down.
Sonya nodded at his question. "It's an extreme belief that only a few follow, but that's the idea. I took a course in comparative religions, and lately I've been trying to read up on the older myths."
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on 2015-03-07 08:19 pm (UTC)a_rare_benedictine
"We do, as a rule. But as this is my vocation, sometimes the Abbot turns a blind eye." He nods. "It isn't a bad belief, but perhaps difficult to live by strictly."
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on 2015-03-07 09:25 pm (UTC)lt_blade
"I'm sure the milliways library has books that could explain better then I could." She only recalled so much.
The blind eye remark made her smirk. "One of the guys on the squad was a nurse before he joined the army. Something he didn't miss was being on call all hours of the night, but it was good preparation for midnight patrols."
The blind eye remark made her smirk. "One of the guys on the squad was a nurse before he joined the army. Something he didn't miss was being on call all hours of the night, but it was good preparation for midnight patrols."
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on 2015-03-07 09:27 pm (UTC)a_rare_benedictine
"It's best that people know where to find me in an emergency", he says with a nod. "It must be a true emergency for them to come in the night, someone close to death, but it would be wrong to turn them away.2
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on 2015-03-08 03:03 am (UTC)lt_blade
Sonya nodded. There was something to say for ritual and people knowing where you were. That was how Jax knew to go searching for her in the first place.
"I don't think sickness or injuries have a clock out time." Lord knew she'd experienced both sorts at all times of the day.
The mention of had Sonya look at some of his equipment. "What're you concocting at the moment?"
"I don't think sickness or injuries have a clock out time." Lord knew she'd experienced both sorts at all times of the day.
The mention of had Sonya look at some of his equipment. "What're you concocting at the moment?"
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on 2015-03-08 03:05 am (UTC)a_rare_benedictine
"Exactly. The people of the town know well enough what can wait for morning and what can't." He turns to his workbench. "A blend to be rubbed on one of our older brethren's back. He suffers with rheumatism."
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on 2015-03-08 03:13 am (UTC)lt_blade
"You need any help?" She may've been his guest, but she felt better with something to do.
"I read somewhere that stinging nettle's used to help arthritis? Rheumatism as you call it?"
She could certainly see how stinging would distract from other things, but she couldn't call it worth it.
"I read somewhere that stinging nettle's used to help arthritis? Rheumatism as you call it?"
She could certainly see how stinging would distract from other things, but she couldn't call it worth it.
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on 2015-03-08 03:14 am (UTC)a_rare_benedictine
Cadfael makes a face.
"Not in my medicines, I assure you. At least, not whole. If you'd like, you could grind what's in the pestle there."
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on 2015-03-08 03:38 am (UTC)lt_blade
In answer, Sonya went over to the table and started grinding what was inside. "So what's in here anyway? I had to take survival school and some of the places I've been to don't have advanced medicine."
What she could learn without having to depend on modern medicine would be no bad thing.
What she could learn without having to depend on modern medicine would be no bad thing.
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on 2015-03-08 01:07 pm (UTC)a_rare_benedictine
"That is henbane", Cadfael tells her. "It eases pain, quite safely in the right quantity, and all too often my patients have great need of it."
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on 2015-03-10 08:47 pm (UTC)lt_blade
The name of the herb didn't ring a bell, but then it could've just been native to England or possibly given a different name.
"Lot of manual labor, this sort of medicine is necessary. To say nothing of old injuries that never seem to heal." Hell, one of the reasons she was so into stretching and muscle was to prevent such cases. Sonya knew a lot of older vets still tending to war wounds.
"Lot of manual labor, this sort of medicine is necessary. To say nothing of old injuries that never seem to heal." Hell, one of the reasons she was so into stretching and muscle was to prevent such cases. Sonya knew a lot of older vets still tending to war wounds.
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on 2015-03-11 10:32 am (UTC)a_rare_benedictine
He nods. "Rest might be a better cure in some cases, but not one that's easy to take for a farmer or labourer."
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on 2015-03-12 11:08 pm (UTC)lt_blade
"Not easy for any one who takes their jobs serious." Though she considered hers more then any job. "Some people..myself included-" She smirked inspite of herself. "Don't know when to quit."
Even if they probably should.
She handed him the mortar. "This enough?"
Even if they probably should.
She handed him the mortar. "This enough?"
Edited on 2015-03-12 11:09 pm (UTC)
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on 2015-03-13 10:49 am (UTC)a_rare_benedictine
"Perfect", he says with a smile. "As for not knowing when to quit, I've seen cases where the body simply enforces it."
They come out into the courtyard of the monastery.
"The abbot will probably be in his cell at this time of day."
Sonya was by no means a stranger to sunlight anymore, not since her arrival back in milliways, but even she couldn't get over the change of scenery-how green and..settled..everything looked.
Maybe this was what she needed after all. The land may've been at war, but life seemed to move on as usual here. She could catch the smell of fruit, flowers and earth, yet she rolled and stretched her shoulders as though bracing and psyching herself up for something.
"Lead the way."