Black-and-white - life is beautiful (Translation)

2.Anatomy

Smiling, Poppy watched her young healer teaching. Harry was kneading a cuddle muff very well, cursing softly to himself.
They sat together in the healer's office that she shared with Harry for several years.
"Harry, no matter how much you curse, scold and yell, you will not be able to get around that branch. Even if you have a natural gift, some things can not be easily healed even with your powers. And anatomy is very important. It is the basic knowledge of every good healer. She will also come to every test. And you know me, I'm very strict. Woe you'll come back for me. "

Frustrated, the young man sighed.
"But you also asked mean questions," the vampire tried to justify.
"Because healing is a very difficult field, I can not turn a blind eye. No matter how much I like you. even if you can brew great potions, you will not be able to apply them to anyone for a long time. But you should know that very well. You were also allergic to some things when you were human. And then you make such a mistake. "
"True, but how should I know that trolls are allergic to water? I would never have dreamed that such a thing is possible. "
"Harry, you are not allergic. Your organism just can not stand it. if you had given this potion to a troll in practice, you might have lost your patient. I had to be strict. It's about life here. "
"Well, if you put it that way, then I really deserve the bad mark. but I still do not understand how they can survive then. Every living thing needs water. What are the trolls drinking? "

Poppy took from her pupil the yellow velcro and sat down.
"Do you know what the word Koala means?"
"Yes, do not drink. but that's different, in the eucalyptus leaves is so much water that the animals do not need it in addition. Only if there are fewer leaves do they have to drink. "
"True, what else do you know about the leaves?"
"They are poisonous, a koala can eat them only because he has taken the feces from the mother as a young. By the substances that are absorbed by it, the animals are later immune to the poison. "
Poppy nodded.
"Correct, and so is trolls. they absorb the fluid through their food. In the meat that they eat is enough water to contain. That's all they need. "
"But this liquid is also water," Harry pointed out.
"Yes, but converted."

Harry scratched his head. Learning medicine was really anything but easy. Again and again he came across new rules and secrets. And here you could not afford a mistake, not if you did not want to lose your patients. he had already admired Poppy before so he had high regard for her now.
"Complicated," he stated.
"Only at the beginning."
"Hey, it's my third year," Harry said.
"I say yes, in the beginning. There are always new insights in this area, so you will never have learned.
and now tell me what happens when you give water to a troll? "
"He gets bad cramps and severe pain. You have to withdraw the water immediately or you will soon have a dead troll and no patient. "
"You'll remember it for sure from now on," Poppy comforted.
"Yes. I'm just glad that the mistake only happened to me in a test and not in practice, "Harry said, shuddering.
"There have been healers in the past who have learned it that way. that was because their teachers had not taught them anything about the anatomy of other living beings. They all just assumed that they only needed to know about the human body, all others would surely be the same. Conclusion: Lots of dead patients. but with me that will not happen to you. When I'm done with your education, you can heal everything from a human to a kappa. And even then you must never lie on your lazy skin. You will learn something new almost every day in this profession. "
"Fine, then I rely on it. Um, why did you ask me about the poison of the eucalyptus leaves? Do trolls have to eat their parents' feces to recharge their batteries? "

Poppy grinned.
"No, but other beings have to. they live here in the forest and one even teaches at the school. Who am I talking about? "
Harry made big eyes.
"Centaurs?"
"Yes," laughed Poppy when she saw the look of her student.
"Merlin, they hate it when you compare them to horses. the foals of them have to eat their mother's faeces too, "groaned Harry.
"So my example with the koala bears. There is no danger of the centaurs stepping on the tail. "
Of course, the nurse was right. and she had also found a very good alternative. The woman could have become a diplomat.