大召喚士 It wasn’t the fidgeting that had begun to grate at his focus. No. He was quite used to that— an unsettled nervousness— about his patients, a feeling almost always man-made in one form or another, he knew. And he could hardly blame many of them, really. Medicine was a dying practice against the art of war. And the unknown— what’s wrong with me?— was always frightening. And so easily, most of the time, he was able to force himself to focus, tune it out.
And so he had as he heard the door unlatch and someone come in, their footsteps hurried and unforgiving in their haste against the old floor. He’d taken a breath as he’d spun his chair around to look at her with only moderate haste. Relax and they will, too. At first glance she looked fine and he found himself confused. It was her voice that got to him.
His expression shifting, dropping his casual look, the mask to his concern. She had hardly looked as though she were dying. But, something was certainly wrong.
The answer left him with a pointed nod and he, quickly, gestured for her to come forward as he rose from his seat.
“ Forgive me. I wasn’t expecting to see anyone today. But, please— ”
What’s wrong?
She nodded and took a few steps inside, pulling at her sleeves with her fingertips.
“Well, uh -- you can probably... guess... but uh...”
Wait, what? He wasn’t expecting to see anyone? Holy shit -- what kind of place had she stumbled into, that they have an appointment system?!
You know what, never mind, she began to say - but she realised, the second before it left her mouth, that if she didn’t get herself fixed up here, the road back to Rivet City would feel ten times harder. Sighing in defeat, she plunged a hand into her pocket and pulled out an empty inhaler. She shook it and grinned sheepishly.
“I -- I’m out, and I need to get back across town...”
Her voice dropped to a low murmur.
“Some of them just sell me some, I’m fine with that, you know, I don’t wanna use up Fixer doses or whatever, it’s not like I’m tryna give up, I just -- I need a little help, temporarily.”
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