"I would like to avoid addictive substances if I can but having a sedative is good. As it is, I keep nicking bottles from these feasts so I have alcohol as an antiseptic and something for pain. It's not ideal, obviously, but I have worked in worse conditions."

The fields at Verdun came to mind, as did her involvement at Normandy. Medicine had come a long way since then but she was grateful she had learned in an earlier era.

"We should work on some sort of notes compilation so all of us can keep the herblore straight. I know some but you're clearly the expert here."