Alchemist Huang Yeyan stared at the wounded… person she'd carried into her tent and tried to process the storm of emotions that surged through her as she worked. First and foremost she considered herself an alchemist. While there were doctors who weren't alchemists there were no alchemists who weren't also doctors and as such she considered her very first obligation to be treating a patient's injuries.
When she'd seen the bear strike out at Wu Ling and the long bloody gashes it left on… his chest, she'd known that if their unflinching guardian survived the battle he would need immediate medical treatment. She'd already left the relative safety of the place where the Scholars who couldn't fit aboard their limited number of boats had gathered to hide and observe the battle, drawing dangerously close to the confrontation by the time Wu Ling managed to freeze the massive beast.
