[ something in the air? for a second, John's frown deepens - is that a trace of delirium? or was it a line? he can't quite decide what fits...
until he can, and his expression slackens quite suddenly into an Oh of understanding. ]
Yeah. Think so, a bit. [ John's spent so long here that if there's any resistance to be had, he's apparently developed it. barely even registers anymore that there might once have been any sort of a struggle associated with being here regularly.
ah. oh. the pieces slot into place.
horny. that's it, isn't it. he's not unwell, he's just affected. John doesn't ask the question. instead he gestures to the oxblood leather sofa sitting against one office wall. the whole place is scattered through with bits of furniture from the rest of Shades Darker, interspersed with the cool metal of medical storage units and the examination table: it's a room that still manages to maintain the establishment's aesthetic for all that John's left his stamp in smaller ways and clinical necessities in larger ones. the doctor's office may just be the doctor's office, but it's important that people still remember who's footing the bill - especially when, more often than not, the hand that pays the doctor is the same hand that caused the visit. ]
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until he can, and his expression slackens quite suddenly into an Oh of understanding. ]
Yeah. Think so, a bit. [ John's spent so long here that if there's any resistance to be had, he's apparently developed it. barely even registers anymore that there might once have been any sort of a struggle associated with being here regularly.
ah. oh. the pieces slot into place.
horny. that's it, isn't it. he's not unwell, he's just affected. John doesn't ask the question. instead he gestures to the oxblood leather sofa sitting against one office wall. the whole place is scattered through with bits of furniture from the rest of Shades Darker, interspersed with the cool metal of medical storage units and the examination table: it's a room that still manages to maintain the establishment's aesthetic for all that John's left his stamp in smaller ways and clinical necessities in larger ones. the doctor's office may just be the doctor's office, but it's important that people still remember who's footing the bill - especially when, more often than not, the hand that pays the doctor is the same hand that caused the visit. ]
Come and sit down. I can get you some water?
[ if he wants some. ]