Health Inquiry

Nicanor took the elevator down to the training gym. he had let Lori go before him, since she seemed opposed to them working together in any sorts. The Doors opened up to reveal a giant training facility that left him with an almost awe struck look on his face. He quickly took a glance around the gym, making sure to see where all of the tributes that got there before him were. He decided to start off with something that he knew and was good at, which was medicine. He walked over to the station, which was empty and he did not mind it one bit since he was a little intimidated by all of the weaponry that was stationed across the room. It would take a little getting use to having them trained together so that very soon, they will use that same training they received while in the same training facility, and try to kill each other with it.

He looked back at the station and quickly could distinguish plants and herbs and what there purpose was when it came to medicine and practices. Very quickly he advanced through the beginner stuff and moved to the more difficult medicines. He was a quick learner which made it easy for him to memorize the plants he was just learning, and in no time at all he was successfully picking out which medicines were to treat major burns.

Nicanor was just finishing up learning about plants that can help reduce swelling when he caught the glimpse of a person walking up to the station. He took a better look at the person and noticed that it was Lori. He quickly glanced away at the same time that she did, since it seemed a little awkward between them after Franklin had called her bland and he defended her. That is when she tried her luck with the beginner medicinal plants and was having a bit of trouble. Nic looked at the plants and the trouble the instructor was having teaching her. "Hi Lori", Nicanor said while still looking at the plants, "Let me help. You see this plant right here", as he pointed towards a plant called Aloe Vera,"You can remember that this treats burns by association. You see how the plant has little sharp points on the leafs. Just try to remember that the points represent the sharp pain of the burn on your skin. While the green color represents good, that it is good for treating the burns." He hoped that he was doing her good at remembering this plant and was not furthering her difficulty with medicinal plants.

Nicanor got a pained look on his face when Lori said that he was playing her. He always felt hurt when somebody accused him of such things. It was just not something he would ever do to anyone, he was only trying to be nice to her and had not even thought about trying to use someone that way. "I am helping you because I believe that everyone has the right to know how to take care of themselves. I am nice to everyone unless they give me a reason not to be and you have not given me a reason not to be", Nic said to Lori in an almost whisper, "I am not just going to change who I am because you might kill me. If I am to die in the arena, I want to die the same person I was when I was brought into this world, someone who cares for the well being of others and never lies to someone that would cause them harm." He was starting to get a little upset as he finished his little speech to Lori. He never liked getting upset, it always made him feel like a bad person and somehow it was his fault that he was getting upset, but he saw no other way to try and convince her that he was telling her the truth.

When Lori apologized for what she had said, Nic immediately felt bad for what he had said to her. He knew that he was probably right but he hated knowing that he made someone feel bad. "It's alright Lori", he said, feeling bad. He turned back to his plants since he did not know how to continue the conversation since he would probably just make it even more awkward than it had to be. He took a deep breath and started to work on identifying the advanced plants that the instructor had just put in front of him. Even he was having a bit of trouble with these plants, getting some of them wrong on his first time through them. "Do it again", he thought to himself and get on trying to master all of the plants that the instructor threw his way.

Nic was extremely surprised to hear Lori speak to him again, asking him about the Aloe Vera. he was caught a little off guard but he knew almost everything to do with that plant since it had many different purposes, "Yes it can be used for burns. Another interesting fact about the Aloe Vera plant is that it can also help induce healing in cuts because it is an immune-stimulating and an anti-inflammatory. It is also stimulates collagen synthesis, that is why it is so good with healing burns", he felt himself carry on for a lot more than he thought he should have. But once he got started talking about medicines he was hard to shake from that. "You are just blabbing your mouth now Nicanor", he thought to himself as he started to trail of on his lesson, "She does not want to REALLY talk to me about these plants. She just wants to talk to me... I think."