[The patient in question, a freckled man with a sickly complexion, seems relieved at the sight of some authoritative looking man stepping in, Law meanwhile, is annoyed at the interruption.]
I'm not wasting what little anesthetic I have on a procedure that doesn't require it. [Freckles weakly protests, starting to explain he shouldn't need any operation, but breaks into a deep wheezing cough halfway through. Law takes advantage of the diversion, hand darting forward to make an incision, though his scalpel never actually meets skin.
That said, something does happen, a slit opening up in the young Olympian's chest, into what looks like a pulsating cavity. But there's no blood, and he doesn't seem to be in pain as much as a state of deep confusion, perhaps dawning horror.] Some people in this area seem to have breathed in something that's damaged their lung function. These dark patches, [He gestures to some areas darker than the surrounding flesh of what is, apparently, the interior of this man's right lung] it's some sort of taint that needs to be removed. That's what's causing the cough.
[None of this seems to be helping the patient not look like he's about to faint, honestly. Is this guy really a doctor or just a magic lunatic? More on this at 11.]
This might be one of the worst first impressions ever made
I'm not wasting what little anesthetic I have on a procedure that doesn't require it.
[Freckles weakly protests, starting to explain he shouldn't need any operation, but breaks into a deep wheezing cough halfway through. Law takes advantage of the diversion, hand darting forward to make an incision, though his scalpel never actually meets skin.
That said, something does happen, a slit opening up in the young Olympian's chest, into what looks like a pulsating cavity. But there's no blood, and he doesn't seem to be in pain as much as a state of deep confusion, perhaps dawning horror.]
Some people in this area seem to have breathed in something that's damaged their lung function. These dark patches, [He gestures to some areas darker than the surrounding flesh of what is, apparently, the interior of this man's right lung] it's some sort of taint that needs to be removed. That's what's causing the cough.
[None of this seems to be helping the patient not look like he's about to faint, honestly. Is this guy really a doctor or just a magic lunatic? More on this at 11.]