Literature
The Sacrifice of a Healer
Growing up, I always wondered why healers chose to be healers. I understood that they were helping people, and yeah, that sounded great, but they themselves would be hurt in the process. The pain they were enduring, all self inflicted made no sense.
You can always spot a healer, you know. They almost always are crippled, some are blind, others always have the worst coughs. There are scars all over their skin, and usually they aren't the prettiest people in the world. The younger ones usually aren't as bad off as the more aged healers. It's some sort of spoken agreement, that the more time you spend being a healer, the worse the ailments you