[And there aren't many doctors in the city whose work he's unfamiliar with, even the underground quacks. However down-low he keeps his work there, there's a necessary 'professional' recognition. Chiefly, Chase recognising that he's unimpressed.]
[That is not the point. Though he'll have to concede that her survival doesn't seem to be in any large part down to Carla herself, this is no barrier to snippiness.]
I'm sure I'll cry myself to sleep, after I find out if they keep medical records.
[Karl's opinion of him isn't one he's likely to fret over. And she'll find no greys, though there's a streak at each temple where his dark gold fades to such pale platinum it could be prematurely white. The brush of her fingers is innately soothing - he rests an arm around her shoulder and leans in.]
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[Showing up, at least, doesn't appear to be an issue. A few more intentions slide as he tilts his chin up.]
Can you remember who you saw for the stitch up job?
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[It's an idle rebuke, fingers following the line of his throat when it's bared like that.]
And I don't. I called Karl, he carried me somewhere, they pumped me loopy with painkillers and he carried me home.
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[And there aren't many doctors in the city whose work he's unfamiliar with, even the underground quacks. However down-low he keeps his work there, there's a necessary 'professional' recognition. Chiefly, Chase recognising that he's unimpressed.]
You called Karl.
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[He pet her hair and didn't comment when she mumbled pathetic lonely things and clung to his hand like a schoolgirl.]
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Of course. I've got him on speed dial for next time I'm bleeding out.
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Maybe you should, he's fast.
[She certainly would have bled out waiting for Chase.]
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[That is not the point. Though he'll have to concede that her survival doesn't seem to be in any large part down to Carla herself, this is no barrier to snippiness.]
Fine. I'll ask Karl.
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He's going to laugh at you, if you ask him like that.
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[Karl's opinion of him isn't one he's likely to fret over. And she'll find no greys, though there's a streak at each temple where his dark gold fades to such pale platinum it could be prematurely white. The brush of her fingers is innately soothing - he rests an arm around her shoulder and leans in.]
Your first chance, and you missed it.
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[She doesn't really sound all that opposed to the idea, maybe even a little haughty when she lifts her chin at him.]
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[He's sure she's not opposed - certain she'd do it if only to prove a point, in fact. Just not a point which would go a long way to impressing him.]
I still don't want you in my OR. But I'd rather mine than someone else's.
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Only if you give up your offended little boy routine.