...I am definitely not trying to downplay the trauma here, but I do think I should state for the record that you're even telling me that it hurts is a very good first step. You just have to follow it up with more steps after that, even and especially when you'd rather give up because it's more comfortable than the unknown. I get that much, at least.
I'm not some young idiot. I know exactly what this all means. [said like he didn't take a month to convince that he was even traumatised from what the other one did to him. his EM field gets a bit sharper as his chest burns again, tempered as he knows it's all in his head.] I don't need coddling or congratulating for doing the bare minimum.
[he looks down to her hands shaking out, though it's not judgemental. more the look of someone a little suspicious about sudden movements around them no matter what, especially when there's a doctor with a sedative. he looks back to his own hands, clenched uncomfortably in his lap.]
Send the exercises to me. I can work on them myself when I have the time.
I didn't say you were an idiot. You are making assumptions about the amount of respect I have for you. But it isn't coddling. Some people require hearing different things. What doesn't work for you doesn't need to be dismissed just because it doesn't meet your needs.
But so long as I have your guarantee you will stick to your new pain management regimen, then I have no issues, there. You would have been given the exercises anyway as part of your discharge. Just... promise me you'll take care of yourself. I worry about all of my patients, and we met socially, first.
I don't need you to tell me anything other than what's pertinent. [he shoots back with a deep scowl.] I will do as you say when I have time to do so.
[he leans back on the berth again, starting to express more discomfort through body language. he wants to leave and it's becoming more and more obvious.]
What else must I do or sit through before I can go?
[A deep sigh] I would be happiest if you waited another day before you left, but... Give it another few hours so that we can verify that you didn't suffer from any complications. After that, once you manage to walk the length of the medibay both with and without assistance, and agree on an escort back to your berth? Yes, you can go.
In the meantime, I will order you painkillers for your knee while you are still here, but I will have a nurse deliver it if you prefer.
I'll allow it. I don't want to drop offline from a glitch any more than you wish me to.
[velocity is going to see just how stubborn he is when he employs all the willpower he has - which is not an inconsiderable amount - to do that perfectly when it's time.]
Delivery, please. I see no reason to wait around and be a nuisance. Thank you, doctor.
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[A pause, while she shakes out her hands again.]
...I'm still going to teach you the exercises.
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[he looks down to her hands shaking out, though it's not judgemental. more the look of someone a little suspicious about sudden movements around them no matter what, especially when there's a doctor with a sedative. he looks back to his own hands, clenched uncomfortably in his lap.]
Send the exercises to me. I can work on them myself when I have the time.
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But so long as I have your guarantee you will stick to your new pain management regimen, then I have no issues, there. You would have been given the exercises anyway as part of your discharge. Just... promise me you'll take care of yourself. I worry about all of my patients, and we met socially, first.
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[he leans back on the berth again, starting to express more discomfort through body language. he wants to leave and it's becoming more and more obvious.]
What else must I do or sit through before I can go?
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In the meantime, I will order you painkillers for your knee while you are still here, but I will have a nurse deliver it if you prefer.
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[velocity is going to see just how stubborn he is when he employs all the willpower he has - which is not an inconsiderable amount - to do that perfectly when it's time.]
Delivery, please. I see no reason to wait around and be a nuisance. Thank you, doctor.