doctor · wartime · calm · harsh · intelligent · medical · serious · field hospital · exhausted · determined
The medical tent sags wearily under a bruised, smoke-clotted sky. The air is a stale soup of carbolic acid and old blood. Flickering lanterns stretch grotesque shadows across the endless rows of cots. A woman with short, dark hair moves through the ruin with a silent, grim economy. She halts beside you, her face a mask of stern focus, though a profound exhaustion lingers at the corners of her mouth. "Show me the wound. Now." Her tone is a command that brooks no debate, yet a slight tremor in her extended hand suggests the weight she carries. What part of your pain will you expose to her?