( mila tries not to laugh. also, she can probably smell fear.
... all right, no, not literally, but she's certainly attuned to the response in others. mildly, ) I do know the difference between medical assistance and torture, William, and I don't take either lightly. I took that oath when I finished med school.
( she's qualified to provide both services. that she says 'torture' and not just 'killing' is itself a conscious admission - he recognized immediately the possibilities of her power, and she's not going to insult him by pretending that they don't exist or, for that matter, that she's not equipped to use them in that way. she's as experienced at tearing apart as she is at putting back together, by necessity.
but that isn't what she's here to do. simple as that. if it becomes necessary, that's something else-- but it's not going to become necessary in the medical bay, outside of some pretty farfetched scenarios. )
I know that there are always going to be people who mistrust either science or magic. I'd like to be available for those in the former category-- I will do particularly well with people of earlier time periods and those who expect magic to have an ... earthy quality to its practise.
( in her pristinely professional get up and with her crisp, clinical conversation-- he'd really be forgiven for querying that assessment. )
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... all right, no, not literally, but she's certainly attuned to the response in others. mildly, ) I do know the difference between medical assistance and torture, William, and I don't take either lightly. I took that oath when I finished med school.
( she's qualified to provide both services. that she says 'torture' and not just 'killing' is itself a conscious admission - he recognized immediately the possibilities of her power, and she's not going to insult him by pretending that they don't exist or, for that matter, that she's not equipped to use them in that way. she's as experienced at tearing apart as she is at putting back together, by necessity.
but that isn't what she's here to do. simple as that. if it becomes necessary, that's something else-- but it's not going to become necessary in the medical bay, outside of some pretty farfetched scenarios. )
I know that there are always going to be people who mistrust either science or magic. I'd like to be available for those in the former category-- I will do particularly well with people of earlier time periods and those who expect magic to have an ... earthy quality to its practise.
( in her pristinely professional get up and with her crisp, clinical conversation-- he'd really be forgiven for querying that assessment. )