He knew the onslaught of questions were coming and there was absolutely nothing he could do to stop them. People's brains ramped up to a mile a minute whenever they heard about specialized professions and any and every question they could think of came out all at once. It wasn't pleasant but Shikajin was used to it and given that it was just a kid he couldn't get too upset.
"It's a lot of work but being able to help people is nice. Nothing too serious in the field but I've done some patching up here and there." Ironically, it was because he couldn't help someone in the field that the Nara decided to venture into the medical arts in the first place.
"Don't get too beat up over it, less control just means you have more opportunities to get it right." There were plenty of times when the chunin wished he had been born with higher reserves of chakra as it would have helped him be able to heal more people for longer periods of time, though not being able to delicately control his chakra when messing around with the human body was a recipe for disaster. There were trade offs in every part of life and it was up to people to figure out how to best utilize what they had.
"The medical arts aren't for everyone, but everyone has a role to play in making sure your squad makes it back in one piece so just find what you're good at and stick to it." The Nara would reply, and what that was for Shun was a mystery to him (and probably to her as well at such a young age), but she had plenty of time to figure it out. She'd probably learn the clan hijutsu in a few years time, maybe even wander into the taijutsu style that had been developed, but there was no rush. Her focus at this point should have been on understanding the basics of shinobi life and getting the mechanics down, the rest would come in time.
"You'll get there eventually, it just takes practice. Use the knowledge from your academy lessons as the foundation and go from there. Our clans techniques aren't going anywhere and there are plenty of people here that will help teach you when the time is right."The girl really had a penchant for rapid firing questions and for anyone else the Nara may have gotten annoyed but surprisingly he had more patience than in years past. Perhaps the increased focus towards better bedside manner was paying off? Maybe it was because he was talking to another Nara? Whatever the reason, Shikajin was content with answering the questions as quickly as they came.
"No, not always. It wasn't until I was maybe fourteen or fifteen that I decided to study medicine. It took years to even become somewhat decent and even then I'm still learning how to get better. If I'm working in the hospital then I can bring some books and scrolls with me but in the field I have to go off of what I know. The enemy isn't going to wait around for me to read through a book to figure out how to heal someone, now are they?" He would ask in return. There were some small field guides that medics had been known to carry around from time to time, but chances were if a procedure called for something more than medical ninjutsu could fix then that person probably wasn't going to make it.
As the two traveled further into the forest Shun seemingly began to realize that making a bunch of noise wasn't going to help them and in an instant the rapid fire questions came to a halt. She was nervous about getting close to the deer which was only natural, Shikajin had been the same way his first few times and was even cautious to this day. They were skittish creatures that were deceptively powerful if they felt threatened. While the group of deer they were near didn't recognize the girl they could smell the treats in her hand and slowly one of them would walk up to her, its nose sniffing around for the source of the smell and licking at the girls hand as if to say 'open up.'
"Once they focus on eating you should be able to pet them, but take it slow." The chunin would advise as he set his pack down. Getting the girl familiar with the deer and vice versa was important to establishing a new generation of relationships but they were also here to work and work they would do.