>>At the moment, Ron was focused on a bowl of hair oil; he seemed to be trying to float the barbs out of Kenzie's hair.<<
Y'now, from what little I know about tribal practices, they might want to hold on to those pieces of barbed wire. They'd be a good start to a medicine bag. Hard to find anything more symbolic/related to his sun Dance.
Maybe the cut out bits of hair, too.
Pity it's too late to grab one of the pieces of wire they had to cut out of his skin...
>>"Ben's already been all over me," Kenzie said, "except maybe my mouth."
"Oh, I should check that," Ben said, reaching for him. "Did you bite your --"
"Go awaaayyy," Kenzie whined.<<
*snicker* I can *so* understand that feeling. Even if someone is helping there's a point of "enough is enough".
>>"Shall I pray for you?" Smoking Breath asked.
"It's nice of you to offer, but ... I don't even know what to ask for," Kenzie said.
"I could simply ask the spirits to guide you and lend you strength while you heal," said Smoking Breath. "It does not have to be for anything in particular, only a wish for the best."
"Okay," Kenzie said. "I think that might actually help."<<
This is win on *so* many levels.
First, the he *asked* if Kenzie wanted to be prayed for. There are so many folks who don't even consider consent to be *relevant* regarding praying for (or more often "at") someone.
Second, the "do what's best" direction of the prayer. That's a win because a lot of folks praying pray for what *they* think* even if that's not what the target would want.
Third is Kenzie deciding to leave it in the hands of the spirits rather than asking for what he wants (of course, part of that is because he's not sure what to ask for, but...)
>>"Five-six, maybe?" Kenzie said. "It was hard to tell, they kept moving around as they hit me. I've had worse, really."<<
Yeesh. That's not good on a lot of levels.
>>"Oh, that happened to me," Ron said, peeling off his top again to point out the patches on his upper back. "After I found the first one accidentally by ripping it loose while biking, I had to get Blazing Grass to cut free the other two. Adhesions suck."<<
No shit. I had some from when I accidentally closed a freight elevator door on my arm. Didn't break the skin or the bone but hurt just as bad as a break. Still have a sort of "divot" or "trough" across the muscle.
Wound up with adhesions or something similar among the muscle fibers. Lin, who was trained as a massage professional before her fibro started acting up, was able to "break it up". It was painful, but definitely helped.
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Date: 2017-06-30 01:59 pm (UTC)focused on a bowl of hair oil;
he seemed to be trying to float
the barbs out of Kenzie's hair.<<
Y'now, from what little I know about tribal practices, they might want to hold on to those pieces of barbed wire. They'd be a good start to a medicine bag. Hard to find anything more symbolic/related to his sun Dance.
Maybe the cut out bits of hair, too.
Pity it's too late to grab one of the pieces of wire they had to cut out of his skin...
>>"Ben's already been all over me,"
Kenzie said, "except maybe my mouth."
"Oh, I should check that," Ben said,
reaching for him. "Did you bite your --"
"Go awaaayyy," Kenzie whined.<<
*snicker*
I can *so* understand that feeling. Even if someone is helping there's a point of "enough is enough".
>>"Shall I pray for you?"
Smoking Breath asked.
"It's nice of you to offer,
but ... I don't even know
what to ask for," Kenzie said.
"I could simply ask the spirits
to guide you and lend you strength
while you heal," said Smoking Breath.
"It does not have to be for anything in
particular, only a wish for the best."
"Okay," Kenzie said. "I think
that might actually help."<<
This is win on *so* many levels.
First, the he *asked* if Kenzie wanted to be prayed for. There are so many folks who don't even consider consent to be *relevant* regarding praying for (or more often "at") someone.
Second, the "do what's best" direction of the prayer. That's a win because a lot of folks praying pray for what *they* think* even if that's not what the target would want.
Third is Kenzie deciding to leave it in the hands of the spirits rather than asking for what he wants (of course, part of that is because he's not sure what to ask for, but...)
>>"Five-six, maybe?" Kenzie said.
"It was hard to tell, they kept
moving around as they hit me.
I've had worse, really."<<
Yeesh. That's not good on a lot of levels.
>>"Oh, that happened to me," Ron said,
peeling off his top again to point out
the patches on his upper back. "After
I found the first one accidentally by
ripping it loose while biking, I had
to get Blazing Grass to cut free
the other two. Adhesions suck."<<
No shit. I had some from when I accidentally closed a freight elevator door on my arm. Didn't break the skin or the bone but hurt just as bad as a break. Still have a sort of "divot" or "trough" across the muscle.
Wound up with adhesions or something similar among the muscle fibers. Lin, who was trained as a massage professional before her fibro started acting up, was able to "break it up". It was painful, but definitely helped.