Felix Gaeta (
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It occurred to Gaeta some hours ago that -- if he wanted -- he could go to the infirmary right now and probably walk out with a new prosthesis. The original amputation was seven or eight months ago (gods, has it really been that long?), and by now he's spent at least five months walking on nothing but his crutches. The motherfrakker's probably as healed as it's going to get.
Who knows. Considering the other wounds that disappeared when he got dropped on his ass by the front door, maybe his stump's been fully healed the whole time.
If he goes, though, he's going to have to ask for something else, too. If he asks, he's going to be told no. Maybe if he found anybody but Dr. Tam, and if they didn't check the note in his records that surely says something like beware, godsdamn morpha addict, maybe he could get lucky. But Gaeta knows his numbers, and how excruciatingly poor they render the odds; he can't deal with another crushing disappointment right now.
So, for now, he's opted for other poisons: a bottle of ambrosia (just the bottle, no glass, thank you -- it's already a quarter empty), a pack of cigarettes (plus an ashtray with three stubbed-out smokes in its center), a table by the fireplace to keep warm. Idly, he examines the marks on the inside of his elbow. They're mostly gone by now -- you'd have to look closely to notice the scar tissue.
Gaeta's close enough to see it just fine.
[ooc: off to bed! post open until it scrolls; all tags will be picked up tomorrow.]
Who knows. Considering the other wounds that disappeared when he got dropped on his ass by the front door, maybe his stump's been fully healed the whole time.
If he goes, though, he's going to have to ask for something else, too. If he asks, he's going to be told no. Maybe if he found anybody but Dr. Tam, and if they didn't check the note in his records that surely says something like beware, godsdamn morpha addict, maybe he could get lucky. But Gaeta knows his numbers, and how excruciatingly poor they render the odds; he can't deal with another crushing disappointment right now.
So, for now, he's opted for other poisons: a bottle of ambrosia (just the bottle, no glass, thank you -- it's already a quarter empty), a pack of cigarettes (plus an ashtray with three stubbed-out smokes in its center), a table by the fireplace to keep warm. Idly, he examines the marks on the inside of his elbow. They're mostly gone by now -- you'd have to look closely to notice the scar tissue.
Gaeta's close enough to see it just fine.
[ooc: off to bed! post open until it scrolls; all tags will be picked up tomorrow.]
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And now, to a lesser degree...well. He curls his hand a little more tightly around the ambrosia bottle.
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Was there anything else, except the THC/morphine combination that worked so well?
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"Would you be willing to try at least a few more options? There's a wider variety of resources here than you had available before."
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He slants a faintly mutinous glance toward Simon. (Pun not intended.)
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"Any of those should work well in combination with THC," he finishes, "or with each other."
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He's already shaking his head before Simon finishes. "That won't be necessary," he says.
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"If it helps," he says, gentle and a little hesitant, "none of the side effects involve hangovers."
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"All right." Quiet. "Will you let me know if you change your mind?"
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"Yeah," says Gaeta, finally relenting into something quieter and less defensive. "I will. I promise."