The Grey Tower

The room that she'd picked was a bright one, the warm spring sun spilling into the area and making it impossible not to be happy about the time of year - at least for Betrys if no one else.

She liked this time of year, it was when the earth woke up again.

That meant more work for her in the gardens, tending to the assigned sections for growing herbs and the like. Betrys didn't mind and her time in the Tower had given her the ability to balance the needs of the growing plants along with the rest.

It was easier now...and more difficult. No more classes to attend per se...

No, now she stood and assisted others on their journey.

Which was why she'd been rather pleased when Torianin had requested her for assistance in learning how to Heal with saidar she approved of that. Personally and privately. Betrys also encouraged other lessons aside from the use of the One Power but learning about even one section could be vitally important, the more one knew the more could be learned and developed. The Last Battle would come eventually and they all needed to be prepared for that to happen "Good afternoon, Torianin. I am pleased to see you again, are ya settling in?" she asked, the accent ever-present but increasingly softened with time and experience.

Betrys would never lose it, partly because it was hard to do but largely because she didn't want too.

"I understand you want to learn about using saidar to Heal?" she asked, wanting to set the scene before they got down to business.

Naturally she had no idea about the thoughts that were wandering through the other woman's mind. She would have been flattered but at the same time keen to promote the lesson onwards without stirring up her ego.

Betrys really didn't need or want to encourage that sort of thing anymore than strictly necessary - at least that was very much what she believed about the whole matter. Even if her opinion wasn't asked very often about it "Don't be concerned if it takes a wee bit of time. Yer be finding it comes eventually tae ya, one day...it will just seem right" Betrys reassured her about the matter.

It took some longer than others.

In the beginning, Betrys hadn't wanted to get used to it.

In fact, she had been seriously worried about somehow losing herself by accepting the welcome and her place in the Tower. Yet, she had managed to hold onto that young girl who had first arrived, upset and more than a little frustrated and angry to marched away from everything that she had ever known to come here.

"That is a good place to being. What do you know about Healing? Hae ya done it before?" she asked, bright and merry almost, certainly lacking the more common stoicism seem in the rest of her Sisters.

It was a sensible question to ask and on that Betrys respected needed to be voiced out loud, which showed that Toianin felt confident about asking her without worrying about sounding or seeming foolish. The woman she'd first met had started to grow and change even from that short period of time between those encounters.

Now if only it was a straightfoward to answer it properly and without sounding like she was being vague as the result "Difficult...yes, all Weaves can and are difficult. The one for Healing is more than that, it can also be dangerous. The one taught here relies on those elements and one of the drawbacks is the cost that exists for the patient - it relies on their own physical resources to provide their strength for the Healing being performed" it was hard to explain but something needed to be said.

"For the moment I will show how to create the Weave and you can practise creating it without worrying about actually using it on someone else. Are you aware of not using it on yourself?" she replied and smiled, wanting to encourage Torianin as much as possible "It is useful as well in using it to assess damage and what needs attention, in a more conflict driven setting it can be used to see who needs your help the most" she didn't touch on the topic of the Last Battle. That might hang over their heads but it wasn't here and Betrys was not interested in using fear to push forwards the lesson plan "So...first draw on the One Power for me and then wait..." she paused and did the same, confidently and with the whole familiar understanding of being able to just pull the Weave from the shining rainbow of colour "Now select Air..." Betrys waited again using her enhanced senses to make sure that Torianin was happy with following her lead.

Betrys took her time and patiently added the Water, binding it under and through the Air thread "Then the Water and finally the Spirit..." she added and smiled to continue to show her support as the Spirit washed down the length and connected it all together "There we are..." her eyes looked for the other woman and her efforts to see how she'd done.

Betrys had paid close attention to her work, allowing her to make the corrections on her own. She had expected that Torianin would be handle to note any possible need to work on the flaws of the Weave before she mentioned it, although Betrys would have mentioned if there had been a flaw before they progressed "You need tae watch the Spirit but...yer doing fine for a first attempt" she added, nodding as the questioned arrived "It can seem strange and it will be another few lessons of practise, including a healthy volunteer before we see about yer going tae any patients" she admitted.

There would be no rushing about in this, Healing could well cause harm instead of the more positive result "They are generally applied tae more physical injuries, bruises, breaks and the like..." she explained "Sickness? Often it is best to allow the body tae handle it but yes, you can use saidar tae help. Have you studied Herbcraft?" Betrys asked. That was a more advance Weave and wouldn't be something she taught immediately or allowed any sort of testing for the time being.

"There is a similar Weave that can be used for that but the basic is the same. Though it can be very dangerous as the person may not have the strength to actually provide the Healing with what it needs" she explained.

She shook her head slowly "Not at all. You will find that the class for Herbcraft is a fairly open one and not everyone who takes it can use the One Power or is of a specific rank. It has uses outside of Healing another person...most find it useful to know in advance what sort of plant is bad for them" Betrys admitted lightly "You've done nothing wrong...we all walk our paths and reach the destination eventually, even if some of them are different from what might have been expected" she added and smiled to hopefully some of the clear worry that had appeared on the face of her pupil and encourage her to relax once more.

In order to learn, it was far better to be relaxed. At least that was the method which Betrys used.

Whatever others chose to do so in their lessons was entirely up to them and Betrys held no person judgement on the matter "Healing is not about using saidar to solve the problem of the patient, it can be complicated. There is often more than might be first assumed on the initial examination - have you encountered anyone who suffered an ailment of the mind?" she asked, deciding to use an example.