"Ah." Huaisang's hope deflates at learning that Vasily is not an experienced physician. "I am an artist, and much of my knowledge of anatomy is based in my knowledge of art. I was raised in a martial sect and so I know some field medicine, but I have very little practice with using it. I have also only ever been a support to the real physicians, and rarely that."

He watches Vasily moving around, and curls to sit down on a kitchen chair with a tired sigh.