Good, 'cause I'm awesome at both of those. Now I'll feel a little less intimidated. [ She's joking, mostly, but it is kind of nice to know when impressive people have weaknesses, especially ones that are her actual strengths. ] How long does it take for this stuff to work?
That quick, huh. [ She sounds mildly impressed by it maybe, but skeptical at best. Still, if this is some fancy future medicine, she's sure that it can do more than she gives it credit for.
She shifts her position in her seat, making her back a little straighter, before nodding. ] Yeah. Go ahead.
Alright, but tell me if you need a break at any point, there is no rush.
[ And then her demeanor changes and she is focused and every bit the professional. She is gentle as she takes the needle and inserts it into her skin. She repeats this a couple of times in different areas, talking Chloe through each thing she does. ]
The needle for the nanobiotics is slightly larger, but after this you shouldn't feel it.
[ Chloe hisses at the first injection, fingers flexing a moment, and her eyes shutting. She kept them shut through each shot, just so she wouldn't end up flinching every time. ]
Great, I'll just. Not look at that one. [ She kept thinking of the shots they'd given Rachel, the constant supply of medicine, all to keep her alive, and her stomach churned. ] Do you have a lot of this stuff here?
[ That was a loaded question. There were many reasons that she had become a doctor. ]
I made the choice so long ago, I hardly know when or why I chose it. It's always just been me.
[ But that was a sorry excuse of an answer, so she continues as she gets her tech ready. ] I saw a lot of death when I was younger, and I suppose I wanted to fix it. I wanted to heal and help others.
Can you feel this? [ She briefly paused as she pressed the large needle to the skin. ]
[ A war torn country. She guesses that makes sense. She didn't bother trying to pry more; Angela certainly seemed like the "fix it" type. She'd been just like that here, after all.
A part of her wanted to say medicine could only heal so much, but she was sure that she knew that, too. ]
[ It was true that Angela knew that, but it was still something she challenged on a regular basis. ]
Perfect. Then we'll continue.
[ Pressing into the wound with her needle she looks up every few moments to make sure that Chloe is alright before continuing again. Once it's all the way in, she presses down and starts releasing the pre-measured dosage of medicine. She looks for the immediate signs of healing, and smiles when she sees the skin start to react and accept the liquid. Finally she draws it back out and sets it to the side. ]
Your body needs a little bit of time to regenerate. [ She wasn't about to use her revival medication on such a simple non life threatening thing. ]
[ Once the needle was out of her skin, Chloe felt more comfortable with the idea of looking, watching as the weird, yellow medicine seemed to almost glow under the skin for a moment as it started to heal her hand. It already looked slightly less pink, which was something to be said for how fast it seemed to act. ]
Holy shit.
[ The pain she assumed wasn't there anymore because of the numbing medication, but she couldn't help but notice how much easier it was to flex her fingers. ]
Well, when I lay down and close my eyes to fall asleep, it doesn't happen, or if it does it's only for like an hour. Pretty sure that's what's making it suck. [ She is well aware that's not what she means. ]
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[ Years of living without any true adult direction meant she had never really picked that up. ]
And you should see my blueprints, the scribbled drawings are awful.
[ She took a seat after collecting the rest of her things and cleaning up. ]
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Have no doubt, I am sure there are things you can run circle around me with.
[ She takes a seat and pulls out a thin needle to help numb the area. ]
Oh you should see improvement by tomorrow and be back to normal within a couple of days.
[ She looks over at her sympathetically. ]This will hurt a bit, but it should go numb within five seconds. Are you ready?
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She shifts her position in her seat, making her back a little straighter, before nodding. ] Yeah. Go ahead.
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[ And then her demeanor changes and she is focused and every bit the professional. She is gentle as she takes the needle and inserts it into her skin. She repeats this a couple of times in different areas, talking Chloe through each thing she does. ]
The needle for the nanobiotics is slightly larger, but after this you shouldn't feel it.
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Great, I'll just. Not look at that one. [ She kept thinking of the shots they'd given Rachel, the constant supply of medicine, all to keep her alive, and her stomach churned. ] Do you have a lot of this stuff here?
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Just take a deep breath and breathe through it.
[ She then injects the next couple of areas that she needs to numb, and like that she's all done with the first set of shots.]
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Why'd you become a doctor?
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I made the choice so long ago, I hardly know when or why I chose it. It's always just been me.
[ But that was a sorry excuse of an answer, so she continues as she gets her tech ready. ] I saw a lot of death when I was younger, and I suppose I wanted to fix it. I wanted to heal and help others.
Can you feel this? [ She briefly paused as she pressed the large needle to the skin. ]
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A part of her wanted to say medicine could only heal so much, but she was sure that she knew that, too. ]
Just kind of a weird pressure, but nothing else.
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Perfect. Then we'll continue.
[ Pressing into the wound with her needle she looks up every few moments to make sure that Chloe is alright before continuing again. Once it's all the way in, she presses down and starts releasing the pre-measured dosage of medicine. She looks for the immediate signs of healing, and smiles when she sees the skin start to react and accept the liquid. Finally she draws it back out and sets it to the side. ]
Your body needs a little bit of time to regenerate. [ She wasn't about to use her revival medication on such a simple non life threatening thing. ]
But, it should be back to normal very soon.
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Holy shit.
[ The pain she assumed wasn't there anymore because of the numbing medication, but she couldn't help but notice how much easier it was to flex her fingers. ]
The future is wild.
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The medical field is forever growing.
[ Which is humble, because she invented the technology she is using right now. ]
How is it feeling?
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A lot better. I dunno if it's just because of the numb stuff, but it doesn't like... ache or itch the same way it has been.
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Nope, that's a typical response. Good.
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So, uh... About those sleeping pills?
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No bad dreams? No troubling thoughts? Memories that are perhaps getting stuck in your head?
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What answer is going to get me sleeping pills?
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[ She goes over to the fridge and pulls out a pitcher of water, pouring each of them a glass. ]
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All of the above, I guess.
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[ She grabs a box of cookies, and sets them on a plate. Then she brings everything to the table. ]
I have time.
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[ Which is why she snatches up a cookie pretty quick and starts eating it, because she was at least gonna have comfort food through it. ]
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[ And she picks up a cookie herself and takes a bite. ]
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