John's face falls. the trace of friendly animation it had worn to calm her drops away with the information, unexpected as it is. harvesting. there's moment of quiet from him, recalibrating, refocusing.
it's really no wonder she has an aversion to doctors, and suddenly John's privy to exactly why. finally, and with a different tone to his approach now: stripped of some of the doctor's joviality, perhaps. talking to her more like he would one of his patients who have seen worse things than a broken leg and a sore throat. ]
Alright. Anything else?
[ just to be sure of everything he needs to check, before he examines. the quicker he can make this, the better. ]
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John's face falls. the trace of friendly animation it had worn to calm her drops away with the information, unexpected as it is. harvesting. there's moment of quiet from him, recalibrating, refocusing.
it's really no wonder she has an aversion to doctors, and suddenly John's privy to exactly why. finally, and with a different tone to his approach now: stripped of some of the doctor's joviality, perhaps. talking to her more like he would one of his patients who have seen worse things than a broken leg and a sore throat. ]
Alright. Anything else?
[ just to be sure of everything he needs to check, before he examines. the quicker he can make this, the better. ]