Eats watched with admiration as Maybe displayed her powers to the little Lila. There was a very slim chance that the little girl understood what Maybe’s powers actually were – i.e. it was not the ability to make blue band aids into orange ones – but it was an entertaining display either way and that’s what was really important. Eats felt a lot more confident this repeat patient wouldn’t be fussy about seeing the doctor.
Eats laughed as Maybe offered to put a band aid into his hair, “I might be willing… but only a blue one. I don’t think orange matches my complexion.” Eats then turned to Lila, “So now we’re all patched up, shall I take you back to Momma?” The little girl nodded so Eats turned his back to her to offer her a ride. Lila jumped on obligingly. “I’ll go drop off our patient and then I’ll run back to get those supplies…” Before he went to leave, Eats stopped at the door, “Oh! And before I forget I got you a present too from Thailand… I’ll grab it on the way back.”
Eats turned to his charge gripping onto his back and said, “Ok Lila, you ready to get back to Momma at SUPER SPEED?” Lila giggled in agreement. Eats ran quickly back to the lodge with Lila gripping hard to his back, still laughing. Eats adopted a bit of a gallop at one point and a sort of whinnying horse sound which made Lila giggle even harder – God he loved kids. It was totally acceptable to be a complete weirdo with them – encouraged even. Finally reaching the lodge, Eats discharged his ward to her flock with a hair tussle for a goodbye. She moaned a little, but soon got distracted by her friends giving Eats enough time to slip into the kitchen. Eats then grabbed Maybe’s present and headed back to the clinic.
“Sorry if that took too long…” He said as he walked in the door. Eats passed her the paper bag that contained the present. “Ok, so its sort of for you, but it’s also for the clinic… It’s a Tibetan prayer wheel. It’s supposed to ‘accumulate wisdom and good karma and to purify bad karma’… but whether you believe in that or not, I thought it would be kind of a fun thing for the kids to play with when they came to visit. This one is pretty sturdy so it should be able to take some punishment… and who knows… maybe it could at least be good for the placebo effect… And it kinda looks cool right?” He coughed. Again, like with Silver’s gift, the present had seemed like a good idea at the time, but now it came to giving it, he felt a little embarrassed (if not for very different reasons)
“Orange is reserved only for those who are in true need, anyhow,” Alva laughed. “You might look good with a nice green one or the like.” With that Alva waved Eats and little Lila off, making a mental note to buy a wider, preferably rainbow-colored, variety of bandaids for the next time. Eats would like them, she figured, as would the kids -- and if she knew anything about how camps like this worked from the kids’ side of things, there’d soon be a trading market for the different colors.
She busied herself cleaning up after herself while she waited for Eats -- there was that coffee cup (and yup, let’s change the probability of there being nice hot coffee in there to something more believeable), some loose bandages, a window that would look way better if it were open. Busywork. Nothing like her usual duties, and Alva was glad for it.
When Eats returned, Alva noted the bag in his hand with a raised eyebrow. “For me? Really?” She took the bag and opened it cautiously, gently pulling the prayer wheel up so she could examine it “I . . . Well. Thank you, Eats. I’ll have to read up on how to use it, but it will be a welcome addition to the clinic, and I’m sure the kids will love it.” Carefully Alva turned it over in her hands, admiring the beautiful workmanship -- then, with a small grin, she teased, “Should I feel special that you’ve brought me a gift, huh? I kid, I kid, but you can’t complain when I get you something cool in return next time I’m abroad, yeah?”
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