I’m a veteran of things I don’t want to be

[inquisitor_lavellan]

When: Pre-RP game, back on Alley's world.
Warnings: Torture... for medical purposes.
Who: Cole, Alleyana, (NPC) The Iron Bull, (NPC) Varric Tethras

The Iron Bull was the only one available who both wouldn't flinch, and had the brute strength to make a clean break with the ball-pin hammer in his hand. He held Alleyana's wrist down against the table with one huge hand and whenever the healers told him to, he'd strike where they told him and snap a bone.

In between, the bone would be straightened, sorted out, and Varric would hold a vial of elfroot potion to Alley's lips for her to drink. Not for the bone; the healers had to tend that, but for the flesh that had been crushed between skin and bone.

Tears streamed down her cheeks, unbidden, and she buried her face in Varric's shoulder in between rounds of potion, trying to hide the reaction and muffle any sounds that tore their way free.

For his own part, Varric had grown progressively paler, and his hand shook when he lifted the latest vial of elfroot. "Are you sure we need to do the whole hand in one day?" he asked, queasy.

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[hugs_for_nugs]

"I'm here, I'm here," Cole muttered, wishing he could do more. Wishing this could go faster but no that wouldn't work either. His stomach squirmed, her screams muffled but still so sharp.

"You need rest, lots of rest, after this. They worry you won't." The human mage looked over at him briefly and sighed. Cole was, as always, spot on about their concerns.

[inquisitor_lavellan]

"No rest for the wicked," Alleyana quoted, muffled, nearly delirious from the pain.

She didn't like to rest, after she'd lost her arm. Sometimes she saw Solas, and didn't want to wake up. And that just made her not want to sleep, because she had to save him.

[hugs_for_nugs]

"It's- it's a struggle to sleep but you must." When it came to this and who haunted her dreams, Cole's answers never seemed right. They didn't fit, they didn't heal. He wanted them to help but there was always another hurt waiting to take over whenever he helped ease one.

"I will find a way to help," he said in a sad whisper. She could barely think now, what he said could help little.

[inquisitor_lavellan]

"Okay," it was all Alley could think to say, before another bone was broken. This time, her narrowing vision closed in on her, and she fell into the darkness.

[hugs_for_nugs]

And slumped against Cole, who was not the steadiest of supports. The healers weren't surprised, they expected this eventually. Impressed, they were impressed she went that long. It would easier, now, while she was unconscious, to finish this.

Cole would stay and hold her in place. He could help like this.