gojonari;

[veardant]

[ tighnari is still quite new at his job, yet he already feels overworked.

these sorcerers.. not only do they make a mess of the city, they make messes of themselves; he's quite sure that they're purposefully reckless just to drive him up the wall. half the time they look like they came back from a fight with a lawnmower and lost. some take hours for him to heal and patch up. it's a lot of work, and tighnari gets little enough sleep even at the best of times.

.. but it is rewarding.

difficult though it might be, and exhausting as it is both physically and emotionally, tighnari feels like he's making a difference, here. he's helping those in need, helping those who are fighting against impossible odds, and patching them up is the least that he could do for their hard service, isn't it? that won't keep him from complaining when they receive injuries they likely could have avoided, nor will it change his opinion that children are part of the battle, but he will still do what he needs to do, and take pride in it.

he's just finished up with a patient and is sitting at his desk, drinking tea and filling out patient paperwork when he hears footsteps approaching the infirmary again. tighnari lifts his head, his tall ears swiveling toward the noise. ]

Come in.

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[veardant]

[ tighnari nods. that's just what he wanted to hear. he doesn't know the ins and outs of the politics between the elders, doesn't know everything about yuji's situation, but he's sharp enough to have been able to pick up on the fact that things aren't entirely as they seem, that this boy gets himself put into harm's way far more than his fellows. some of it could be chalked up to reckless carelessness, but..

mm. well. it is what it is. tighnari can only do his job, and voice his opinion. he smiles, and it's tired, but genuine. ]

You're very welcome.

[ he says, and draws the curtains closed. once itadori is awake again, he'll be able to be moved to a more comfortable bed, but for now tighnari will allow him to rest where he is. ]

Are you doing all right?

[unliminal]

[ It's probably not unusual to hear that from someone who works as a caretaker, but Gojo is unused to being asked that. He's usually the one asking while others just assume he's fine — he is, because he has to be.

So the response he gives is rote, something rehearsed in the laid-back way it's delivered. ]

Me? Yeah. Always getting better, in fact.

[ His blindfold hide how tired his eyes are, but his smile gives nothing away. ]

[veardant]

[ gojo is very good at hiding the truth, and tighnari can read nothing from his smile and voice, yet he somehow gets the impression that gojo isn't being entirely honest. that there's far more to it than 'always getting better'.

but it's not his place to pry, either. he knows very well that being a jujutsu sorcerer is difficult even on the best of days, and gojo is the strongest of them all. there must be a great deal of weight on his shoulders. ]

All right. Well, should you need anything, you know where to find me. Anything at all.

[ anything at all. treatment of the physical, or otherwise. ]