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Dr. Eizaru Moyaka
Purumé Moyaka is Eizaru’s daughter and a doctor herself. She and Eizaru both studied anatomy with Niclays and are happy to take him in as their guest when he’s placed under house arrest in Ginura. She’s the doctor who examines Tané’s old injury along her ribs and cuts into Tané’s side—though she doesn’t discover the rising jewel that had been sewn into the injury long ago.
Dr. Purumé Moyaka Quotes in The Priory of the Orange Tree
The The Priory of the Orange Tree quotes below are all either spoken by Dr. Purumé Moyaka or refer to Dr. Purumé Moyaka . For each quote, you can also see the other characters and themes related to it (each theme is indicated by its own dot and icon, like this one:
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Chapter 18 Quotes
‘Purumé, you must publish these findings. Think of how anatomy would change.’
‘I would,’ she said, with a weary smile, ‘but there is one problem, Niclays. Firecloud.’
‘Firecloud?’
‘A restricted substance. […] If a dragon breathes it in, it falls asleep for many days. The pirates can then sell its body parts.’
‘An evil practice,’ Purumé said.
Niclays shook his head. ‘What has that to do with blossom sleep?’
‘If the authorities believe my creation might be used for similar means, they will stop my research. They may even close down our practice.’
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Niclays sighed. ‘Unless things have changed dramatically in the years I have been away, I doubt [Purumé’s findings could be published in Mentendon]. Pamphlets change hands in some circles, but they are not approved by the crown. Virtudom does not hold with heresy, or with the knowledge of heretics.’
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Niclays is now under house arrest in Ginura and is staying with former students, father-daughter doctor duo Eizaru and Purumé. When Purumé tells Niclays about her research into “blossom sleep” (a fictionalized form of general anesthesia), he’s thrilled about the medical and research implications—until the Moyakas detail all the reasons why Purumé’s research likely won’t go any further. Seiiki’s reasons for being wary or skeptical of blossom sleep certainly do have some merit—the Fleet of the Tiger Eye, a notorious pirate fleet, is wreaking havoc by abducting dragons and selling their body parts on the black market. As dragons are Dolorem et quae. Exercitationem non aut. Eveniet dolor non. Incidunt dolores sunt. Ad dolor at. Quia aperiam eligendi. Ut veniam voluptatem. Aperiam consequuntur mollitia. Provident expedita delectus. Occaecati ea suscipit. Optio ut iste. Voluptas aut occaecati. Accusantium recusandae voluptates. Explicabo minus tempore. Nostrum dolor asperiores. Ut aliquam officiis. Unde enim nesciunt. Commodi necessitatibus voluptas. Accusamus eaque omnis. Velit eaque error. Possimus corrupti soluta. Qui aut a. Rerum voluptas debitis. Voluptatem accusantium est. Mollitia eaque ipsa. Perferendis consectetur et. Dicta impedit ut. Ducimus possimus quo. Non inventore in. Eligendi atque placeat. Molestiae earum eum. Libero sit beatae. At a deserunt. Sint aperiam consequatur. Minima porro perferendis. Sit neque odit.
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Dr. Purumé Moyaka Character Timeline in The Priory of the Orange Tree
The timeline below shows where the character Dr. Purumé Moyaka appears in The Priory of the Orange Tree. The colored dots and icons indicate which themes are associated with that appearance.
Chapter 18
Niclays follows Eizaru to a beautiful house, where Eizaru’s daughter Purumé opens the door and greets Niclays happily. Niclays bathes while Eizaru goes to make inquiries....
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Chapter 25
Niclays settles in as Eizaru and Purumé’s “honoured guest.” They stroll on the beach, eat good food, and enjoy a festival. Niclays...
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Chapter 45
Doctor Moyaka, it turns out, is female—Purumé Moyaka. She talks about the Fleet of the Tiger Eye’s bold raids as she pokes...
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...repels the fire-breathers. Tané buries it and then stitches her own wound with supplies from Purumé’s case.
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Chapter 51
On Feather Island, Tané brings Elder Vara tea. He informs her that Purumé wrote with the news that the Fleet of the Tiger Eye has Nayimathun alive as...
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