there ain't language for the things i've seen

[alankazam]

WHO: Alan + Kain, Medicine Seller, Thingol, Bruce, Jaime + OTA
WHAT: Gotta catch 'em all
WHEN: Post-Winter Palace
WHERE: Skyhold
NOTES: N/A

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[meds4sale]

The Medicine Seller might feel poorly about a great many things, but it certainly wasn't for charging elderly men exorbitant prices to be able to keep up with their younger brides. Or for lotions that soothed whatever itch they got poking around in brothels.

"Give a man too much water and he will surely drown," said the Medicine Seller, nonchalant as ever. His job was to see that the dosages weren't lethal - though most of what he sold was fairly innocuous, even in large quantities.

"Many have benefits beyond treating illness. Some are taken as supplements, and others enhance certain aspects of day to day life."

[alankazam]

"Or sell the water. They enhance?" Alan scratches at his chin, "I've seen something like that once. Supposed to make you stronger, for a while. More."

What's the word?

"Vigorous."

Yeah, probably not the word.

"It went fine at first. But I suppose it only made him try harder, really, because he threw out his back doing it. Is it like that?"

[meds4sale]

"It is probably similar," he mused, the corners of his lips twitching ever so slightly upward.

"It is unfortunate for his back though."

He gestured to other pots and containers.

"But not all are for that purpose. Some are cosmetic. Some relieve minor inconveniences."

[alankazam]

"It's alright. We managed to get him out before the guards showed up."

"I'm not exactly a healer." Big, shocking reveal. "Maybe I ought to just ask you which are a good idea?"

[meds4sale]

Truly, he was stunned by this revelation. Behold his utterly impassive expression - it must have been that way because he was in shock.

"Any can be a good or bad idea," he explained, "depending on what you are seeking to treat and the nature of its severity."