And nothing would have changed that. Although... [He lays his arms across his knees, skin somehow ashen if too tan to be pale] I'm thinking about seeing if someone here can.
[Her other hand goes to her pocket and he takes out her pocket knife, and turns her wrist. A complicated looking knot is burned into a scar on the inside of her wrist, and she nicks it]
When I went home, I did this to me brothers, I can use their magic.
[She's bleeding slightly, and it's moving along the lines of the knot on her wrist.]
You know about being a doctor, and I know about magic. Magic always has a price.
[She's looking at their hands, now.]
And I'm not letting you have that price be paid by someone who'll hold it over you.
[This is how she's telling you that she loves you, Chase. She's shaking but she doesn't look like she's in pain - there's definitely a metallic smell of iron in the room now, though. Whatever she's doing to Chase's blood, it tingles.]
[And he hadn't been asking for favours from her, although with a blood borne virus, perhaps he should have thought it through. The feeling is strange, he'd like to stop and question her about it, but too late now. He just closes his eyes.]
[A trickle of blood winds its way down her nose and over her lips, and there's a thrum, like something's changing. She's sweating slightly, but it takes another few minutes before she slumps back in her chair, breathing. Her eyes stay black.]
Do you think I'd let you?
[She doesn't believe in that kind of debt when it comes to the people she cares about.]
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[Stubborn.]
You're not.
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[And his hands are torn up, just for good measure]
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Someone it won't take anything from.
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[She puts her hand on his, and her eyes darken]
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If you get sick doing this? ...Well for a start, House is going to yell at me.
[The eyes don't phase him. He's seen worse. Given cough syrup to worse.]
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When I went home, I did this to me brothers, I can use their magic.
[She looks at him, her eyes black]
I'd do this shite for you, all right?
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[But he hasn't pulled away.]
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You know about being a doctor, and I know about magic. Magic always has a price.
[She's looking at their hands, now.]
And I'm not letting you have that price be paid by someone who'll hold it over you.
[This is how she's telling you that she loves you, Chase. She's shaking but she doesn't look like she's in pain - there's definitely a metallic smell of iron in the room now, though. Whatever she's doing to Chase's blood, it tingles.]
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[And he hadn't been asking for favours from her, although with a blood borne virus, perhaps he should have thought it through. The feeling is strange, he'd like to stop and question her about it, but too late now. He just closes his eyes.]
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Do you think I'd let you?
[She doesn't believe in that kind of debt when it comes to the people she cares about.]
I'll do a workup and have you out in a few hours.
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[He shakes his head, turning away to reach for a tissue with an arm already less palsied.]
I don't.
[That wasn't him.]
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[Her eyes are slowly going back to normal and she reaches for the tissue]
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[Easily agreed.]
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