[ John'll come back to that - makes a mental note to remember the name of Claire's husband, to inquire after him again in a day or so. keep him part of the conversation.

but for now, she's not wrong. and that's a tiring thing to know, as a medic, let alone to discuss. ]

I know. [ God. ] It's familiar. That's the shit part. The symptoms make sense and they should be treatable but they don't add up the way they should. And we're no closer...

[ no closer to finding out what they do add up to, really. and now, new symptoms, slow but sure. ]