I have thoughts! Sorry if they're a bit glum, I'm kinda stressed today.

>>"I can't do the longer words,"
Cas said. "That's not good."<

If you need the terminology, for training or whatever else, you can learn. From a practical standpoint, until you learn, most people can do just as well with a description of the problem.

And strictly speaking, you don't need a fancy class, you mostly just need a list of terminology and a teacher who can explain it. (I've run through medical stuff and explained words to people before. Not doctor-level, but first aid.)

>>"If you hate the idea of meditation,
then ask Dr. G for help. He has
whole bookcases of coping skills,
including mindfulness and breathing."<<

Mindfulness has some spiritual backing and some scientific benefit, but someone should really suggest box breathing. The explanation I got, first time I heard of it, was using breathing (which is the only body function on both the 'voluntary' and 'involuntary' subdivisions of the nervous system to make the involuntary stuff chillax.)

>>There are ambulances, and
Lincoln has hospitals. If that's
not enough, we can call a healer."<<

I don't know if there are any friendly hotzone teleporters affiliated with the gang, but that would be another backup option.

>>"That's ... kind of cold,"
Cas said, glaring at him.<<

Terramagne is much nicer than here, if an ex-street kid is that optimistic. O.O

>>"If you can't get the hang of it,
you need to find a partner who
can handle that part for you.<<

We need kind hearts and we need pragmatists.

>>"I want one," Cas said instantly.
"Those uses, I'll need more often,
and soups have different shapes."<<

Think of improvising supplies as poorskillz. Also, he might want to take an animal first aid course sometime. Wasn't the farm in Bluehill going to do a soup first aid course for the centaurs?

>>"That's only intermediate?"
Cas said, staring at him.<<

Things can always get worse.

>>"-- in
layers, tangled up, then it's
hard to separate current from
past feelings.<<

Like matted hair on a cat, everything just sticks together in a big, felted lump.

>>"Boss Blaster didn't set a limit?"
Cas squeaked, eyes going wide.<<

I think I might be jealous, if my emotions weren't felted at the moment. (I once had to design a first aid kit where the icepack doubled as dinner, and this was after running a crisis.)

>>"Not so much that I'll
hesitate to carry it daily,"
Cas said as he sat up.<<

Does Cas habitually carry a tote, diaper bag or purse?

>>You have new supplies on order
and at least one class to take.
All that you have to do is follow
the plan with a very clear mind,
and you'll be more prepared for
the next emergency that you face."<<

With CPR I once had it explained to me as: "They are already dead. You cannot make them more dead."