Regynn Winters

Duty Assignment

Regynn tapped the pen against her chin, her gray eyes closed as she went over the last few days and how she would tell her friend in a way that he wouldn't laugh. After a moment she growled under her breath, admitting that such a way did not exist. Resigned, she put ink to paper for another letter home.

Marc,

I had my first duty assignment and it seems folks here don't listen any better than they do there. I know my papers told them I'm not a healer. I've seen those very words myself. But of course they didn't listen, all they saw was priest and off they went. 

I was sent to a place that had recently been attacked and there were lots of wounded. I told them I didn't heal but they piled a stack of bandages in my arms with a look of pure disdain, then I actually got shoved out to the field. I think I passed out twice before they even noticed there was a problem. After the third time a guard picked me up and hauled me back to command like a sack of potatoes. It was so humiliating. 

Oh well, it is what it is I guess. Maybe now they'll believe me when I tell them I don't heal. It isn't because I don't want to. I've been thinking about it a lot lately. I think maybe the reason I do so much "good work" as the matron would call it, is because I feel like, as a priest, I am duty bound to help others. Since I can't heal I find other ways to fulfill my duty.

Don't get me wrong, I'm not doing good works to buy my way into the Light. You can't make bargains with the Light, you can't buy your way into its good graces. Living a good life is what gets you there. Not giving into temptation gets you there. Just being an all out good person gets you there.

But, we have been blessed by our upbringing. Funny for an orphan to say that huh? But it's true. We had a solid roof over our heads, we had clothes, warm beds, and good food. And we had people who cared for us. And we had each other. 

No matter what I come up against I know I can get through it because I have you in my corner. Even if you're a gazillion miles away I know you're here with me in spirit. 

Hey, do you think maybe that in spirit part could cover its ears when I'm with Clair and Kya. It turns out that girl talk can be really embarrassing.

Anyway, gotta go. Wish you were here and all that jazz.

Light be with you,

Reggy