The Dryad 64 Emily's Diagnosis

Emily and I started examining Camilla. I say 'Emily and I', but my skill at examining was poor since Faun could always tell me what was wrong with no effort needed. All I could really tell was that the girl was sick and that she was not a plant. The cactus was much easier to diagnose. Emily should be able to do better than that. And even if Emily didn't know what was wrong, I could always just give her my perfected medicine. It should be able to cure most illnesses. It could not regrow a limb, but in many instances it would bring an animal back from the edge of death.

I made an act of observing Emily as she looked over the girl. I tried to make it look like I was a teacher observing the progress of my student. I thought that this was the best way for me to be out of the way.

After 'we' finished examining, Emily and I asked to step out of the room so we could consult. Once we were in the hallway alone, I asked Emily "What do you think the issue is?"

"There seems to be something wrong with her blood. But I don't know what. She does not seem to have an infection of any kind, but she has several bruises and red spots over much of her body. I haven't seen anything like this before." Coming from someone who had practiced healing for almost 300 years, this was impressive. But I had a solution.

"I could always just use my best medicine," I suggested. "It should be able to fix almost anything that is wrong with her."

"But at the risk of being found?" Emily said. "It would look too conspicuous if she got better after just one treatment. I can tell that she has been sick for a long time. Her body is wasting away. Even if we fix the cause, it would normally take months if not years for her to recover her physical strength with traditional medicines. With yours, she would be up on her feet in how long? A few days, maybe a week? Everyone would say it's a miracle. Which is not the kind of attention you need right now."
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I had to pause there. Lillian had done so much for us already and I really wanted to help her. It would be so easy for me to do it. I could make Camilla better in just a few minutes. The girl would still be weak. But one thing I had learned about life is that if you fixed what was making it sick, most creatures could recover very quickly. I don't know if it was Mother Earth or some higher being (if there is any), but whoever created life really did a good job. However, Emily had a really good point. We could not afford to expose who we were just for the sake of this girl. Not if we wanted a chance of finding Faun. I needed to figure out how I could cure what was wrong but slow the recovery process. If I just diluted the medicine, that would only decrease its chance of being effective. "What do you think we should do?"

"I think we should offer her that same medicine we did before."

"That may not be strong enough. As you said, she is wasting away and she does not have much time left. The one we gave that village could cure some basic diseases. But issues with the blood are much harder to treat."

"What about diluting your stronger medicine? Would that slow down its effect?" Emily asked doubtfully thinking the same thing I already thought about. I think she already knew that this would not work but wanted to ask just in case.

"No, that will just make it less likely to work. Diluting it will mean that she does not get enough of the medicine. There would not be enough of it to make the needed changes in the body."

Emily then started to laugh, which caught me off guard. "You know most medicines you don't just take once?" I guess I had heard of that. But to me it was just a sign that you needed to make your medicine better. Especially with the way human medicine tasted, who would want to go through that more than once? "We could still use your more effective medicine and dilute it, but give it to her over several days so that she takes some time to get better."

That itself would not work but it did give me an idea. "If we just did that her body would rid itself of the medicine before she would have enough built up. But I am pretty sure that I can come up with a way to get it to stick around a little longer. " I thought for a moment, "We need to do something to make it look like we are making the medicine. Can you make the medicine you made for me last night? I will use that as the base."

Once we figured out what to do I knocked on the door to go back into the room. "Lillian, we think we have a way to treat your daughter. I would have Emily start brewing the medicine. I will join her in a while to finish the preparations." At a nod from Lillian, Emily turned and left, headed for the kitchen. "I do have some medicine I can give you for the pain now. I need a gla.s.s of water to mix it in." Lillian looked very excited by this news, but the girl still seemed skeptical.

"I have had so many different medicines. Why would yours be any different?" the girl asked in a rather harsh tone.

"Camilla, that is no way to treat a guest or your doctor!" Lillian said in a bit of a panic. She must be afraid I might get offended and leave, but she did not have to worry about that. I was not offended in the first place, and even if I was, we were depending on Lillian. We did not have anywhere to go. So instead of answering Lillian's worry, I turned to Camilla.

"Do you know what makes up most medicines?" I asked her calmly.

"Plants," she said back as if I was asking the dumbest question in the world.

"That is right. As you can see, I have the power to control plants according to my will. Unlike most magicians, I only have the ability to work with plants, but this has some benefits as I can do things no others would imagine being able to do." I then pulled back my power from the cactus, causing the flowers to turn back into buds. Seeing this, Camilla's protests seemed to dry up like an autumn leaf.

"Could I please get a gla.s.s of water? I would like to quickly mix the medicine for the pain," I said towards Lillian, but as I expected by now, she just turned to one of the waiting maids who brought a gla.s.s over. "I will have to warn you about this pain medicine. This will make you feel better for a short while, but it will do nothing to cure you. If you try to exert yourself after you have taken it, you will only find yourself worse off once the medicine has worn off."

The medicine did not require any special concocting to make. I just needed to dissolve it in the water. I reached into the pocket of 'my' dress and quickly formed a small envelope out of a leaf on the palm of my hand. I caused a fine powder to form within the envelope, just enough for one dose. This time I made sure that I closed my eyes as I made these changes so that they would not catch the glow again. I opened the envelope with my free hand and poured the contents into the gla.s.s.

I put my hand back into my pocket and briefly closed my eyes so I could absorb the leaf back into myself again. I then handed the cup to Camilla. "This should help ease the pain. Please try to still rest. I will come back in a few hours once the medicine is finished." With that I made a somewhat awkward bow and left the room, letting the mother and daughter have some time together.

As I was closing the door I heard Camilla say, "This is so sweet. I will never complain about taking medicine again if it tastes like this."