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The first person to hear Jude's request happened to be Clarice, who was waiting around the infirmary to see if any guinea pigs happened to be laying around for her convenience. Turning to the trainee she smiled brightly, "I'd love to help you, Jude. Because that's what I do. I help people. With science."

Notice she doesn't mention anything about medical expertise.

She beamed at him, "Well you came to the right person! I've just finished a new type of bandage that should triple the speed of internal healing." A prototype of course, but that was what testing was for. And being a responsible person, Clarice fully intended to test them out thoroughly. On Jude. "Just step right on into the room on the left and make yourself comfortable."

The room itself was very white, had a two-way mirror, several fire extinguishers, and the only piece of furniture was a metal table at the center. Were those shackles? No need to worry, Jude, volunteers don't have to worry about that sort of thing.

"Just hop on up!" Following him in, Clarice closed the door and flipped a switch. Outside, a small red light turned on, the sign below it read Testing in Progress. Back in the room, the assistant was opening what looked like a metal box of children's bandages. "Okay, we have a couple different kinds, which did you want to try first?"

She held up several bandages, one featuring Batman, another with Disney Princesses, one shaped like a red crayon, and last but not least, Dora the Explorer.

Clarice smiled warmly at him. Some people would feel reassured by that smile, others would wonder about having to try more than one bandage.

Unwrapping the Batman bandage, she gave the question some consideration. "Possibly. Adhesives can be more tricky than you know." It wasn't really a lie. They really were! Especially when magic was involved. Whole strips of flesh could be lost to overly strong adhesives and runes. Not that she was going to explain this to him. Besides, that sort of thing hadn't happened in years. Well, more like months. Except for that incident last week. But she hadn't taken part in that one, so really it didn't count.

Dismissing that line of thought, she gingerly took Jude's hand and carefully placed the bandage around one of his good fingers. "Alright, tell me if you feel anything unpleasant."

Clarice was taking notes and nodding, "I see. The pain killers will need some adjusting." She smiled back at him, "Don't worry it'll wear off in about an hour. Now let's try...this one." With the practiced speed and efficiency of someone who is used to this sort of situation, the hunter placed wrapped the Dora bandage around another one of the good fingers.

The assistant tsked slightly, and gave him an apologetic smile, "We're trying to do away with the need for ice bags and the like. Its still a bit rough in the execution, but it should be really amazing once we get it right." She gave him a pat on the shoulder, "But don't worry, you won't loose it or anything. It just may be a bit numb for awhile. And um...don't lick it. You're tongue will stick." It had happened before, and while there was no permanent damage, there were still a couple hunters who thought she'd been coming onto them that day.

"Let's try the crayon next, I'm feeling pretty good about this one."

"Oh, wow, that's a really dramatic look for you, Jude. But your hair should fall out from just this." Because the Superman set wasn't ready for testing just yet. "Let's just try this last one, gotta save the best for last you know!" She really did like the princess one, it wasn't quite Hello Kitty, but definitely up there among superior bandage designs.