Foundation: Book One of the Collegium Chronicles: A Valdemar Novel by Mercedes Lackey

Author:Mercedes Lackey [Lackey, Mercedes]
Language: eng
Format: epub
Tags: General, Fantasy, Fiction
ISBN: 9780756405762
Google: keeQteJXI8kC
Amazon: B0085SCT30
Publisher: DAW
Published: 2008-10-07T04:00:00+00:00

again.

Bear seemed to take this as a given sort of thing, but Mags was amazed. He grew even more

amazed as the evening of studying went on. Bear was just as clueless about history as Mags

was.. . but four more times that night, full Healers, many years Bear's senior, interrupted them

to ask for some herbal remedy or other. After the third time, Bear turned to them both and

shrugged ruefully. "See, now," he said. "This's why I didn't want to study over there at the

library, you ken? It's like this about every night."

Mags studied him a moment. "Kin I ask somethin'?"

Bear grinned. "I got no secrets."

Somehow, Mags was sure that was nothing more nor less than the literal truth.

"How come you got all these people comin't' ye for yarbs, when they kin—y' know—just

Heal." That was what was baffling him. There was no reason, so far as he could see, for anyone

to be messing about with leaves when all they needed to do was put their hands on someone

and will them better.

"Well," Bear said slowly. "There's folks as don't want a Healer muckin' about with 'em like that.

"I know it don't make sense, but that's how they feel and they feel pretty strong. Then there's

stuff that don't respond real good to that kind of Healing. Herbs and medicines actually work

better and faster. And sometimes, you just gotta have both. Which is a good thing." He

shrugged, with a rueful grin. "See, my whole fam-ily is Healers. Every one of them. They all

have the Gift but me, and I wanted to be a Healer bad, so I started learning this stuff. Big thing

1 can learn here, besides cures 1 didn't have the books for at home, is cuttin' and stitchin' and

boneset-tin'. Yoxx got to have those even if you got a Gift. And if you don't—you can still do

stuff someone with a Gift can't. You know?"

Mags didn't, but he was willing to take Bear's word for it.

Despite the interruptions, they got some good study in. Bear kept them all going with kettles of

herb teas with subtle flavors, and when he finally bid them good night, he gave them a final

cup of something that tasted like nothing so much as summer.

"You get into bed soon, now, 'cause that'll put you to sleep right fast," he advised with a smile,

as they went out into the still-falling snow.

The falling snow reflected all the light from all the build-ings around them, so that the air itself

seemed to glow faintly. As they trudged through the new-fallen stuff, Mags scratched his head.

"How'd you an' him—" he began.

"He was looking for a tutor, and they recommended me," she said modestly. "But then we

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