[ No commentary, no. That'd encourage that bit of twang to take an early departure, and he's not entirely finished with being curious about it yet. ]
Thank you, Doctor, I find myself satisfied at present.
[ Ever the mild response. Bones you are incorrigible, not now. He just got you clean.
Setting aside the basin at the side of the bed, he lies on his side next to the other, idly plucking open the sterilized packages covering the bandages. Crude they may be, but that makes them all the more self-explanatory. The other is cool in the few places their bodies touch, fingers delicate and almost disdainful around the adhesive tape, and his palms warm where he presses the gauze down.
It's curious. He knows the other man would have some sort of dermal restorative medicines in the sickbay that would leave not even a whisper of the lacerations, but the CMO sounds as if he plans to let them heal... naturally. ]
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Thank you, Doctor, I find myself satisfied at present.
[ Ever the mild response.
Bones you are incorrigible, not now. He just got you clean.Setting aside the basin at the side of the bed, he lies on his side next to the other, idly plucking open the sterilized packages covering the bandages. Crude they may be, but that makes them all the more self-explanatory. The other is cool in the few places their bodies touch, fingers delicate and almost disdainful around the adhesive tape, and his palms warm where he presses the gauze down.
It's curious. He knows the other man would have some sort of dermal restorative medicines in the sickbay that would leave not even a whisper of the lacerations, but the CMO sounds as if he plans to let them heal... naturally. ]