"Let me see if I can ease that a bit for you." She smiles at him encouragingly and bends to lay her hand on his leg and Sing the soft charms for easing pain and encouraging healing that every mother knows.

"Did that help?" She sits back on her heels to smile up at him.

"Ah, well, the purpose is to help people, or at least, that is the assumption! We're not exactly told." She smiles wryly. "But that is the basic principle of the missions - we stop somewhere that needs our help. And then we can give it, or not, as we please. But that is clearly why we are here."