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Sanelon: A Cure, At a Price

Sanelon is one of the characters who may join your party in The Broken Hourglass. This conversation was overheard at a small bakery near the main gates of Mal Nassrin, a few weeks before Wasteland Day:

Teofano: "...oh, Iulia! That's terrible!"

Iulia: "I know. They are so sick... little Eirene must have lost 10 pounds alone, and you know how small she is for her age already. Chosti puts on a brave face but I see that he is weaker every day."

Teofano: "And Palladius? He is sick now as well?"

Iulia: "Yes. He helped me with the children those first few days, but now he is like them--listless and wasting. Mother has been helping now, but I fear... I cannot help but fear the worst. She said she was tired of hearing me fear the worst and sent me away saying I need fresh air... that is why I came to call on you today."

Teofano: "Poor thing! Yes, you must get away for a few moments, even at times like these. I will have you home soon, I promise. But you say nothing works? You have seen the priests and the lay healers?"

Iulia: "They come, they see the wasting... they try, they fail. I feel as though we have tried fifty remedies already! All they can do is tell me what a remarkable illness this is, as though they are excited to see it! Should I be excited to see my... my children die under my very roof?"

Teofano: "I truly am sorry, dear Iulia. Is there anything I can do? I can spell you and your mother, if nothing else."

Iulia: "Thank you, lovely Teofano, but no. I have called on the priests and the healers, yes... but there is another man I could call. I hear he frequents a small tailor's shop in the Walk. Once we have finished our cakes, I intend to meet him there."

Teofano: "You don't mean Sanelon? The man is a user! A killer!"

Iulia: "I have never seen him kill. I have seen him heal. That is good enough for me."

Teofano: "Oh, Iulia... they say his price is high. Terribly high."

Iulia: "We have money. What use is coin if I hoard it while my boy and girl die? Shall I save it to pay the mourners?"

Teofano: "Think, Iulia, before you do something you might regret. What if he will not take your money? I hear that he often demands... favors from his petitioners."

Iulia: "I am not too proud for that. This is my family! Palla will understand, he is a good, practical man at heart."

Teofano: "What if it is not that simple? You hear a great many secrets every day in Council chambers, my friend. He may insist that you betray trust and share them. And they say half the killers in the city are not trained assassins, but just his army of indebted mothers and wives! What if he demands you sprinkle a poison on the Council's lunch buffet? What if--"

Iulia: "Lower your voice! Do you want us beaten and killed in the street?"

Teofano: "Forgive me, Iulia. I know you are grieving and want only to do the right thing, but I worry for you. I worry..."

Iulia: "That paying for the cure will be worse than the disease? It cannot be, Teo. For all they say about him, they also say he always cures those he agrees to see. I will make him agree, no matter what that means."

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