I hope ya know that my natural inclination is to defy the British so it's gonna take every ounce of perseverance I got to follow that order.
[ He's only partly joking. It's not just Martha and the ever-present friction in their conversations. He can't stand the idea of being useless. That she might be right--that he's more harm than good even when he's trying to help, when he's trying to be more than a tool of war--it's a tough pill to swallow. And damn does he take a lot of pills.
He sighs and slumps forward, obviously resigned to his fate. ]
The whole reason I even went into medicine was so that I wouldn't have to raise a gun against any of my own people, and I can't even do that right. Goddamn, what am I good for?
[ Wait, shit, did he say that out loud? Startled by the revelation, he bites down a little too hard on his finger and draws more blood. His hand drops away from his mouth. ]
Ouch! Er, yeah, sure, I'll be by whenever. Sometime. I'll give a... whatever you do with these things. Digital letter. I don't fuckin' know.
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[ He's only partly joking. It's not just Martha and the ever-present friction in their conversations. He can't stand the idea of being useless. That she might be right--that he's more harm than good even when he's trying to help, when he's trying to be more than a tool of war--it's a tough pill to swallow. And damn does he take a lot of pills.
He sighs and slumps forward, obviously resigned to his fate. ]
The whole reason I even went into medicine was so that I wouldn't have to raise a gun against any of my own people, and I can't even do that right. Goddamn, what am I good for?
[ Wait, shit, did he say that out loud? Startled by the revelation, he bites down a little too hard on his finger and draws more blood. His hand drops away from his mouth. ]
Ouch! Er, yeah, sure, I'll be by whenever. Sometime. I'll give a... whatever you do with these things. Digital letter. I don't fuckin' know.