Mhairi does seem curious regarding what his job back home was, so she'll ask! A fair trade, after all, learning about one another's homes like that.
However, there are a few options and explanations she can give:
* Smaller tasks usually involve going beyond the Wall to research infected flora and fauna, with either the goal to cure them (if they catch them in time) or to end their suffering if they're too far along. Occasionally, they'll be asked to bring home infected specimen for research.
* Sometimes, an individual will run outside of the Wall - even going so far as to enter the Wilde - when they find that they're infected. Much like with the flora and fauna, Wilders are tasked with either coaxing them back to be treated or with ending their suffering if they've let themselves get too far along. Mhairi is somber when speaking of this one in particular.
* Harder tasks can include escorting convoys and following trade routes to assist travelers and traders - those who basically have passports to allow them to do this - in getting from settlement to settlement. There are teams of Wilders specifically trained for this job, and it's often the only one that they'll do.
* While all Wilders are trained in research and combat, to ensure their party remains safe, there are some who are specifically trained in extermination. Shades and Cwyldtid are fueled only by two things: an insurmountable hunger that can never be quenched, and the need to spread the Cwyld. Exterminating them is a serious, dangerous job, but is a job nonetheless.
For those that aren't Bonded, they can work for the Wilders at their base of operations! Tending to the wounded, organization, management of assignments, training - there are a great deal of options that allow one to support the Wilders. Taking on quests outside of the Wall that are less dangerous also means that there are fewer things to worry about.
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However, there are a few options and explanations she can give:
* Smaller tasks usually involve going beyond the Wall to research infected flora and fauna, with either the goal to cure them (if they catch them in time) or to end their suffering if they're too far along. Occasionally, they'll be asked to bring home infected specimen for research.
* Sometimes, an individual will run outside of the Wall - even going so far as to enter the Wilde - when they find that they're infected. Much like with the flora and fauna, Wilders are tasked with either coaxing them back to be treated or with ending their suffering if they've let themselves get too far along. Mhairi is somber when speaking of this one in particular.
* Harder tasks can include escorting convoys and following trade routes to assist travelers and traders - those who basically have passports to allow them to do this - in getting from settlement to settlement. There are teams of Wilders specifically trained for this job, and it's often the only one that they'll do.
* While all Wilders are trained in research and combat, to ensure their party remains safe, there are some who are specifically trained in extermination. Shades and Cwyldtid are fueled only by two things: an insurmountable hunger that can never be quenched, and the need to spread the Cwyld. Exterminating them is a serious, dangerous job, but is a job nonetheless.
For those that aren't Bonded, they can work for the Wilders at their base of operations! Tending to the wounded, organization, management of assignments, training - there are a great deal of options that allow one to support the Wilders. Taking on quests outside of the Wall that are less dangerous also means that there are fewer things to worry about.