Seraphina
The ready bed took the patient's weight without any difficulty.
Seraphina found that almost unbearable.
Nothing had needed to be built. The water was there. The assigned attendant knew the equipment. Maelis and the local clinician began the next treatment as soon as the woman was settled.
Her companion stood by the doorway with the clean clothes.
"Can I stay?"
The attendant showed him where he would be out of the way.
He went there.
His shoulder nearly touched the doorframe. Seraphina moved the unused stool closer so he would not have to stand through the whole treatment.
"Thank you," he said.
He kept the clothes in his lap after sitting. The woman turned her head enough to find him, then looked back at Maelis.
"Am I staying?"
"For now. Keep the arm where we've put it."
Her fingers tried to close around the sheet. Seraphina saw the effort and steadied the good hand instead of telling her to relax.
