26.Nov.18, 03:03 AM
“This may surprise you, Weyrleader, but financial gain is not my priority as Masterhealer,” Verec said, “and I imagine it wouldn’t be the womenfolk I’d have to contend with,” he added, just as mildly as R’nya. There were plenty of women who worked at the Hall, but there were a number of Healers of all ranks, including Masters, who were reluctant to give them much credit at all. Verec doubted the women would mind a chance to get more of a Healer education, though there may be some grumbling about Weyrfolk getting the chance first. He had an idea on how to deal with that, but the men were still an issue. There was one Journeyman in particular Verec could name who was vocally against women in Crafts; Verec was convinced the only reason was because the man knew there were plenty of women already who were better Healers than he was and it would gall him too much if their superiority as Healers was made official.
As R’nya elaborated on his reasons, Verec raised an eyebrow. Ah. The dragonriders had lost much of their healing knowledge in the turmoil of the Plague and the following turns, had they? That made sense, and Verec could hardly fault them for wanting to restore lost knowledge. Did they not have records? Or had they been left behind when the surviving dragons fled? Verec had no knowledge of any records of dragonhealing, though he may need to start looking. His former mentor had been obsessed with the dragon Plague, perhaps the man had collected the remnants of the dragon rider’s healing records in his desperate search to ‘solve’ the Plague. Verec still had a few boxes of the man’s things packed away in a storage room; they would be a good place to start the search.
Still, even if they had their records they didn’t have people with the necessary practical knowledge and basic skillsets, so a proper Healer training was still needed. Fine. Verec would teach them. If R’nya met a few stipulations.
“If we were to accept your riders and Candidates as students, I would place a few conditions,” he started. “First, I or someone I appoint for the task must interview all of your potential students. We will only accept those we feel have the potential to benefit from the education we offer. Related to that, if they pass the initial interview but prove to be a waste of the time of our teachers, the Hall reserves the right to terminate their education. In addition, if any of your people do well with Healing and wish to become a full Healer, you will allow them to do so. Outside of special circumstances and training, any of your Candidates who become full Healers will be assigned to the Weyr when they are ready to take assignments, allowing you to retain their service and skills.” Verec paused to allow R’nya a moment to process all of that before he continued with further conditions.
“Also, any Healer who Impressed in the Turns since the dragonriders returned to this continent will be given the chance to continue their Healer education if they so desire. I don’t care if they’re not in your Weyr, I imagine you speak with the other Weyrleaders, I’m sure you can work something out. They do not have to say yes, I just have to be allowed to present the offer to them and they must be allowed to accept the offer if they desire to do so.” Verec looked at R’nya intently. “Is this acceptable, or do you require any further clarifications?” He wasn’t going to ask if the man thought the conditions were ‘reasonable,” Verec could guess the dragonrider may not find them ‘reasonable.’ Verec didn’t care. He felt he was being reasonable, and was only making sure this course of action would not negatively impact his Hall or his Healers. Useless weyrbred students who don’t want to be there and just want to sleep around instead of learn would be a waste of resources and Verec would not allow it.
As R’nya elaborated on his reasons, Verec raised an eyebrow. Ah. The dragonriders had lost much of their healing knowledge in the turmoil of the Plague and the following turns, had they? That made sense, and Verec could hardly fault them for wanting to restore lost knowledge. Did they not have records? Or had they been left behind when the surviving dragons fled? Verec had no knowledge of any records of dragonhealing, though he may need to start looking. His former mentor had been obsessed with the dragon Plague, perhaps the man had collected the remnants of the dragon rider’s healing records in his desperate search to ‘solve’ the Plague. Verec still had a few boxes of the man’s things packed away in a storage room; they would be a good place to start the search.
Still, even if they had their records they didn’t have people with the necessary practical knowledge and basic skillsets, so a proper Healer training was still needed. Fine. Verec would teach them. If R’nya met a few stipulations.
“If we were to accept your riders and Candidates as students, I would place a few conditions,” he started. “First, I or someone I appoint for the task must interview all of your potential students. We will only accept those we feel have the potential to benefit from the education we offer. Related to that, if they pass the initial interview but prove to be a waste of the time of our teachers, the Hall reserves the right to terminate their education. In addition, if any of your people do well with Healing and wish to become a full Healer, you will allow them to do so. Outside of special circumstances and training, any of your Candidates who become full Healers will be assigned to the Weyr when they are ready to take assignments, allowing you to retain their service and skills.” Verec paused to allow R’nya a moment to process all of that before he continued with further conditions.
“Also, any Healer who Impressed in the Turns since the dragonriders returned to this continent will be given the chance to continue their Healer education if they so desire. I don’t care if they’re not in your Weyr, I imagine you speak with the other Weyrleaders, I’m sure you can work something out. They do not have to say yes, I just have to be allowed to present the offer to them and they must be allowed to accept the offer if they desire to do so.” Verec looked at R’nya intently. “Is this acceptable, or do you require any further clarifications?” He wasn’t going to ask if the man thought the conditions were ‘reasonable,” Verec could guess the dragonrider may not find them ‘reasonable.’ Verec didn’t care. He felt he was being reasonable, and was only making sure this course of action would not negatively impact his Hall or his Healers. Useless weyrbred students who don’t want to be there and just want to sleep around instead of learn would be a waste of resources and Verec would not allow it.