[bow the scenarios are vey specific, and nehan can piece together just what falco is doing. trying to do, and where he's come from. speech, manner, the constant fighting and the intense need to learn medicine... all signs of someone going through some sort of war, like a real soldier. of course the military of that world would employ children, they're lacking in resources and personnel, if they're dying like that.]

You are looking at a man who has survived being shot in the back by a rifle. [just... to give the boy some perspective.]

She would have survived if there was a surgeon with an operating theater on board. [or if there had been a magical healer. which is another thing he has to think about. he scrapes all his cut leaves back into the jar, where they start to float in their own juices. exactly what he wants.]

Am I right in thinking magic is not something available in your world?