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[guppy_sandhu]

To pacify the mun, who has had her inner Guppy seething quietly all morning

There is a Guppy in the bar. And he's still annoyed about this.

He is having tea and quietly seething. Chances are not at you.

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[watching_you]

Veronica sighs.

"I know I was being childish. I was acting like Hank did yesterday. That's what I'm trying to point out.

"Also? It's not suffering. I'm just going to assume that that's said out of ignorance, because you're male. But it's not the case that each and every woman needs a doctor to rush onto the scene, once a month. If a women needs help, she can go and get it.

"Like I said, I'm sure he had good intentions. But he just didn't get it. I went and I spoke to him, and he just ignored me. He didn't get it. If he'd taken the sign down, moved it into the infirmary, anything - that would be have been okay. We all have bad judgement sometimes. But he just didn't.

"For the record? Unless the dictionary in your world is wildly different from mine? I'm not victimizing anyone. If anyone is victimizing Hank, that's you.

"And please. Let's not condescend here. We both know there's a huge difference from talking to someone, and taking pills from someone you barely know. Pills are designed to have an affect on someone's chemistry."

She rolls her eyes. "Okay. Now we're agreeing. You shouldn't take drugs from anyone without looking into it first. Right? Right. You just said it. That's what I've been saying from the beginning. That's what the sign said. Don't just pop something in your mouth if you don't know what it is. I felt an immediate warning was necessary, just in case. Hank was going to keep telling people that everything was okay, no worries. What if someone did get sick? Things would have been much worse for him then.

"Hey?" She snorts, shakes her head. "The only thing casting a shadow here is the sexism and patronizing attitude that people are taking. I never expected to find that at Milliways. I deal with that enough at home."

[guppy_sandhu]

"I fail to understand how I am victimising Hank. I assure you I have no intention of doing that or patronising you or any of the other female patrons. The fact that I know that some women do get very uncomfortable is at this point in time irrelevant. You have made your feelings quite clear, and I see that there is no way you would condescend to change your mind on the subject. I wonder if he really ignored you, or whether he tried to explain and you cast him aside just as you have me, without any willingness to accept another's opinion."

He sips his tea. "So I ask what is next? You are adamant of your correctness in every way, therefore there is no sense in wasting my breath by arguing with you. Indeed you have decided that I, as a man, know nothing of the subject, which could in itself be described as those traits you so dispise. Do you intend to disgrace a man who has saved countless lives and given so much time and effort to running the infirmary here, just for a moment of misguided kindness? I am sure he will not attempt to perform such an act again."

He stares at her directly in the eyes. "Do you intend to prolong this situation you created, based without a single solid fact, and spread chaos through the bar? I have seen what happens when people do not trust doctors. Ultimately, it costs lives. I do not want to see that happen here, and I don't think you do either. What is it you want Miss Mars?"