[ and John absents himself, just briefly, heads to the bar to make sure the water's iced. on the way back he informs a few people he's busy, to knock if it's an emergency: usually John keeps an open door policy, bored as he regularly is, but the last thing Thomas'll need is half the brothel wandering through for a chat when he's trying to cool down.
slipping back into his office, switching the little "The doctor is:" sign on the outside of the door (usually defunct, he doesn't tend to bother with privacy when patching up a client who's just been dragged bodily in through the place) to OUT as he does, John closes the door behind him once again and shuts out the rest of the place.
he crosses to Thomas, pulls over a side table and sets his water down then perches himself on the arm of the sofa. ]
You get used to it.
[ a sympathetic consolation that does next to nothing to really help Thomas now. ]
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[ and John absents himself, just briefly, heads to the bar to make sure the water's iced. on the way back he informs a few people he's busy, to knock if it's an emergency: usually John keeps an open door policy, bored as he regularly is, but the last thing Thomas'll need is half the brothel wandering through for a chat when he's trying to cool down.
slipping back into his office, switching the little "The doctor is:" sign on the outside of the door (usually defunct, he doesn't tend to bother with privacy when patching up a client who's just been dragged bodily in through the place) to OUT as he does, John closes the door behind him once again and shuts out the rest of the place.
he crosses to Thomas, pulls over a side table and sets his water down then perches himself on the arm of the sofa. ]
You get used to it.
[ a sympathetic consolation that does next to nothing to really help Thomas now. ]