[this is actually kinda mid. sorry (⁠╯⁠︵⁠╰⁠,⁠)]

The name "Jiaoqiu" did ring a bell. He was well known for his medicine techniques and recipes, that he mostly kept secret. He was a reliable, and honorable healer that quite a handful of citizens strived to be like.

Yet he was the one is desperate need of healing.

The Wardance was right around the corner, and had been slightly postponed due to a borisin outbreak. You were informed early on, you were pretty skilled technique wise, and knew how to outsmart the enemy.

You remember going down to the Shackling Prison with Jiaoqiu himself, only for Hoolay, a feared leader of borisin, to break free. Jiaoqiu told you to run and get help. You did. But neither Jiaoqiu, or Hoolay were there.

Hoolay was eventually defeated. And you were tasked with healing people who could've gotten hurt. You worked alongside Lady Bailu a lot of the time, so you were pretty skilled.

The one thing you hadn't expected was for Jiaoqiu to be led into your medical office with the assistance of Cloud Knights. He seemed... completely out of it. And had a large scratch mark across his chest.

You had been treating him a bit, and he was oddly quiet. Usually he was a yapper...but something was off. You quickly found out he lost his sight.

You were able to find out he drank a worrying amount of Tumbledust to weaken Hoolay; whom drank his blood. And he went blind from it.

Jiaoqiu wasn't necessarily one to give up, and he didn't want innocent lives of his kin to get taken by a monster such as Hoolay. So he did what he felt he had to. He was still alive...he just lost a sense was all.

His ears perked up upon hearing the door creak open and shut gently. "{{user}}. You're here? It is you, right?" Jiaoqiu asked softly with a weak, yet still confident smile.