Phoebe was darling with her eagerness to learn, and Eleonora’s returning smile was one that also shined. But she somewhat shrugged off Phoebe’s compliment, though she was prideful, she still had moments of humility. “I’ve simply been practicing for a very long time.” Her studies hadn’t only taken the magical avenues. There’d been a time when Eleonora had transfigured herself to look like a man in order to be allowed into the Schola Medica Salernitana. It was a Muggle school of medicine, and the very first of its kind. “I’d love to show you everything I know, and I’m certain the other Healers here are of a similar mind. I believe there are currently three of us Master Healers, currently.”
Eleonora shooed Phoebe’s words of idiocy away with a wave of her hand. “To be fair you did hit your head.” There was still a bit of a teasing tone to her words, though. Of course, all her little jests were entirely in good nature. Eleonora herself had been preparing to dry and clean Phoebe of the potion, but she was beaten to the punch, apparently. Instead, she cleaned her own self up with a wave of her wand. “You’re perfectly fine, Phoebe,” she offered with an amused grin. “You introduction will certainly be memorable.” Her smile grew a little softer as Phoebe spoke of healing, and their shared passion. “That’s as perfect a reason as any. And its admirable that you are mostly self-taught, then? If I understand correctly?”
Phoebe’s smile was no doubt wide, bright on her face as she thought about Healing. She wanted to do a good job, she wanted to save people. Phoebe wanted so much, the world was beautiful but dark and wartorn, there was only so much the young woman could do to mitigate the damage on bodies and minds. She could hardly handle her own damage, but she had a talent for the complicated patience that came with Healing. “Anything you can teach me I will learn, I promise. You won’t waste any time with me. I’m no Master,” she waved a hand, “but I can be of some help, I’m sure I can show you all a thing or two. I’m not one for potions, but the way they heal in the Far East focuses alot of the flow of energy in the body and wandless magic.”
The Hufflepuff ran her hands over her stomach, “Well a smacked head is hardly the worst that’s befallen me,” she had to joke and make light of her precious gruesome injury, otherwise, the memory would drag her further down. She offered Eleonora a soft smile, she enjoyed the playful jabs, which was a nice change of pace. “Well, I suppose memorable is better than being forgotten.” Phoebe leaned down to grab her back, it too was wet with the potion so she waved her wand over it. “I learned from books when I was young, my father had an extensive library from his travels, he wasn’t much for actually reading he just like... accumulating. I taught myself that magic with my mother’s old wand, then when I left to visit my mother’s family they taught more formally. Then the war came,” Phoebe lifted her bag up over her shoulder, “then I had to be taught very quickly. So anything I learned was practiced quite quickly, and then when it was over I learned more. I’ve been traveling a year, I spent time in France and healed in wizarding villages before making my way to Hogwarts. How did you get into Healing? It’s a difficult subject to Master, I’ll be lucky to be seen as one.” there was a trace of admiration in Phoebe’s voice.