The Sentinels gayatri

she tended to him carefully, her concentration solely upon the man and his wound.  facial lacerations always bled a lot whether they were serious or not.  she staunched his bleeding and applied a paste with the seaweed, then allowed a strip to dry there.  it would be uncomfortable, but as long as he didn't mess with it, it would hold.  you might not be a skilled healer, govinda, she says gently, with more care than the aimless flirtation she'd supplied before, but you are skilled.