"Well, we'd do the same if I had my way", she responded, immediately as to where they'd spent their time. "I'd like nothing more than to spend the next three trials in bed, eating there if we can. Getting up to wash I suppose, although I could attempt a bed bath you know. I'm sure," her eyes were pure mischief as she spoke to him, "I can do wonders with a sponge and some warm water. Especially if there are bubbles. For you, in the name of science, I'd be willing to try." Faith laughed but rarely, yet her sense of humour was well developed and it was in the forefront of what she said then even though she seemed entirely serious. "Maybe you'd be prepared to have a go with a sponge and some suds, too?"
Perception, Faith considered as they moved back to the oranges and the gel, was a strange and wonderous thing. "A rare occurrence? I've laughed more with you than in the whole rest of my life. It's like opening a floodgate. I'm glad you won't complain, though, no one likes a grumbler." She could do most of the tests she was talking about with other medics in the Order, she explained. On the topic of solvents, though, she wasn't sure in truth, "If it's diluted enough by other things, yes, then it would be fine. I'm not sure, no. But I was only suggesting mayonnaise as a counter to the vinegar. If we're going to counter orange oil then maybe we don't need to?" She could powder the egg though, yes, that was not a problem. The ingredients he spoke about were fairly common and yes, she was quite happy to pop down and get them.
It was a few breaks later that they were ready to start testing, and she approached that with the same level of meticulous that she did everything, Slight adjustments here and there to make it more or less as good as they could with the information they had. "Do you have a small cut anywhere? We could dab some of this on to it directly and see if it stings. I don't think I do, or I'd do it." Fundamentally, Faith considered, they were more or less now at the point where she would have to take this to someone higher up in the Order than her and then test it, if he was happy for that to happen. Without knowing how it felt on skin, Faith picked two of the vials to test with patients; one had a higher orange juice content but was more speedy in terms of removing the gel and the other was slightly slower, but was less acidic.
Faith knelt back and looked up at Padraig with delight on her face. What they had done here, if it worked how they thought it would, it would be amazing. "I'm going to apply a small amount to my arm, now. I think that's the next step, don't you?" Once they had tested it on clean, dry and unbroken skin then they could test the solvent on the same and then, really, all that was left was for them to produce enough for testing in the work of Order and then tidy away.
Perception, Faith considered as they moved back to the oranges and the gel, was a strange and wonderous thing. "A rare occurrence? I've laughed more with you than in the whole rest of my life. It's like opening a floodgate. I'm glad you won't complain, though, no one likes a grumbler." She could do most of the tests she was talking about with other medics in the Order, she explained. On the topic of solvents, though, she wasn't sure in truth, "If it's diluted enough by other things, yes, then it would be fine. I'm not sure, no. But I was only suggesting mayonnaise as a counter to the vinegar. If we're going to counter orange oil then maybe we don't need to?" She could powder the egg though, yes, that was not a problem. The ingredients he spoke about were fairly common and yes, she was quite happy to pop down and get them.
It was a few breaks later that they were ready to start testing, and she approached that with the same level of meticulous that she did everything, Slight adjustments here and there to make it more or less as good as they could with the information they had. "Do you have a small cut anywhere? We could dab some of this on to it directly and see if it stings. I don't think I do, or I'd do it." Fundamentally, Faith considered, they were more or less now at the point where she would have to take this to someone higher up in the Order than her and then test it, if he was happy for that to happen. Without knowing how it felt on skin, Faith picked two of the vials to test with patients; one had a higher orange juice content but was more speedy in terms of removing the gel and the other was slightly slower, but was less acidic.
Faith knelt back and looked up at Padraig with delight on her face. What they had done here, if it worked how they thought it would, it would be amazing. "I'm going to apply a small amount to my arm, now. I think that's the next step, don't you?" Once they had tested it on clean, dry and unbroken skin then they could test the solvent on the same and then, really, all that was left was for them to produce enough for testing in the work of Order and then tidy away.
