"Okay. …I wonder if you could determine whether you would benefit from the medication that way without having to get blood drawn at all, that would be really cool."

"I don't think so."

"Unrelatedly, I had changes in my religious beliefs under the Owl's Wisdom, and I don't know if that's of interest to you."

(Kevin looks a bit pleased while he translates.)

"What kind of changes?"

"I don't actually think that Christianity is correct. I think we might just have not had any significant divine activity here for a long time."

"I certainly do not have information sufficient to rule that out. Do you need anything?"

"I'm fine, I just thought it might be of interest to you."

"You should probably also tell anyone else who might be thinking of asking for an Owl's."

"I've just been discouraging people from asking for them since flights are a while away and there's a bit of a pattern where people try coming here because being everywhere else was unpleasant for them, and eventually they realize that Antarctica is also not great for them, and we try to not hire those people but we don't always succeed, and having that realization while there are no flights out could be bad. But really, I think people here can actually tell who is kind of mentally unstable, and possibly the requirement for an Owl's should just be getting people to vouch for you. And also whether you feel like casting one, of course."

"And the other demand for my second circle spells."

"Yup."

Soon enough, the next 'day' arrives.

Chris suggests using the Comprehend with the Zone of Truth, so Blai doesn't need to use a Share Language on him (or the base doctor, if he's interested in hearing from him).

A sensible suggestion. Once everyone who is interested in using the Zone is assembled he casts it, and then the Comprehend while Chris is getting used to the sensation.

"I don't think I've lied to you about anything and have not tried to – have only tried to deceive you about anything by just not bringing up the subject at all, which is arguably not all that deceptive."

Eyebrow raise.

Chris sighs. "For a while I was carrying an Earth weapon of the class known as 'firearms' without explaining to you that the object I was carrying was a weapon."

Nod.

"That's the only such thing I can think of. If you want to ask me more questions while this is up, or ask questions of the doctor, you can."

Meanwhile, other people are also having discussions. Blai may overhear stuff about an "honor bar", "house mouse", and whether someone actually forgot something.

Blai is going to mostly quiz the doctor about their ability to correct for errors in prescribing treatments for things in case it turns out Blai is importantly different due to being more powerful or from another planet and also confirm the blood handling procedure.

Correcting for errors is not that hard in terms of the possible condition being discussed, the treatments can be applied a little at a time and monitored and stopped. If Blai gets seriously injured and isn't conscious they might do stuff that's harder to correct for errors on, so maybe he should write up a directive about that.

Blai can watch everything and then receive everything with his blood on it. Disposal after that is not the doctor's department but presumably someone can get Blai a camp stove or something? If Blai, uh, cooks the blood and vials at high temperatures he cannot imagine the blood being useful for anything?

If he gets injured the priority should be getting him awake (with access to his holy symbol) so he can do the rest, he doesn't know if they might normally have a different priority. A camp stove seems probably sufficient.

If Blai falls unconscious, and then wakes up disoriented and in pain with his heart racing and maybe with a needle in him and his symbol shoved into his hand, will he in fact heal first or will he attack the doctor? He can think about it later, the truth spell doesn't matter for that.

He is familiar with the concept of being delirious and in pain among people he is not supposed to attack.