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The healer seemed taken aback by her reference to him as Mister Reed and Skylar had to wonder if there was something else she should have called him. He wasn't her professor and even she knew it was not proper to address him by his first name unless he gave permission to do so. When he touched her arm though, she immediately felt the warmth of it, despite the burn and returned his grin. High tolerance to pain, yes. And wait, WHAT?! He could sense her wounds? BUT it was the final comment that she just felt her heart skip a beat, as he led the way towards his office because 'all the wards were occupied'. Was that an excuse? She didn't know, but she was not going to deny herself the small quarters that an office provided to get to know the healer better.
Nodding her head, she tugged her sleeve back down over her burned arm and followed the young wizard towards the office. Pausing and hesitating a moment as she lingered near the chair, she smiled at sight of how cozy this room appeared and couldn't help but feel blessed and honored that she got to get healed in his office. "Did they teach you how to listen to wounds in healer school?" She knew a couple healer's, Hattie's mother. Chloe's mother. But honestly, she'd never felt compelled to ask them about their training and sort of took them for granted as healers.
While Miss Diggory showed herself around, River went through his supplies and tools for the Slytherin. Her injury was a minor one, but an important case nonetheless. To him, every one that comes to seek his medical help are nothing less of an emergency. All of their cases are equally important to him, which explains why he considered staying behind during Hogsmeade visits.
After gathering all the materials he needed in his medical tray, River paused to consider Miss Diggory's question. He grinned at first, and then chuckled.
"Well, you can put it that way." he started as he placed the tray on the coffee table, and gestured Skylar to sit in one of the armchairs.
"Not that wounds can talk, but it can tell us a story by observing it." River reached out to her injured arm and rolled up her sleeve once more to reveal her damaged skin.
"I suspect the burn came from airborne ember?" Was she too near a fireplace when it happened?
"Would you like to tell me what happened to you then?" River asked as he went to clean her wounds with a clean gauze, and a puss-colored disinfectant.