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[docscurlock]

[ooms:

out with the old
in with the new

millitimed to earlier this week and earlier this morning, respectively]Doc is actually downstairs in the bar, tonight

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[will_scarlett]

Will finally left the infirmary since his back was hurting from the chair he's been sleeping in. He yawns as he waves to Doc and sits down.

[docscurlock]

"How's she doin'?"

[will_scarlett]

"Been 'wake for a bit though na for long."

[docscurlock]

"At least she's awake," he says. "She'll probably be comin' in and out for awhile."

A pause.

"And how are you holdin' up?"

[licensed_pro]

Charlie's sitting directly opposite the Window, and was watching it up till a little while ago. He stopped paying attention after fifteen minutes, and stopped seeing it at all after forty; his head is currently resting in one palm, and he would be staring at the tabletop, and the empty water glass on it, if he had his eyes open.

He's thinking of and rejecting possibilities over and over, eventually tipping his head back with a dull thunk against the wall, and a quiet curse that probably shouldn't be thought of in public.

He glances up and lights on Doc; at least one person who's not involved in this damn mess. "Hey, Doc. Haven't seen you in a while."

[docscurlock]

"Time's been strange lately, I was outta the bar for a short while and it ended up bein' longer in here. Usually s'the other way around."

He tilts his head to the side.

"Long night?"

[licensed_pro]

"You could say that," he says after a moment's pause. "Long week. I was gone, and now that I come back..." he sighs, shaking his head.

"A friend of mine isn't doing well. And I can't do anything for them."

[docscurlock]

That answer gets a wry grin out of the stablemaster.

"I know the feelin'."

He nods at the window.

"Ain't many answers, though. In there, anyway."

[guppy_sandhu]

"What's up Doc?" Guppy asks, flopping down next to him. He looks like he's had a low sleep night, but isn't too fraught.

[docscurlock]

Doc looks over at Guppy and smiles.

"Eh, not much."

He also looks like he's had a long few nights.

"Personally, anyway. Got t'deliver a baby this mornin'," he adds.

[guppy_sandhu]

"Congratulations." Guppy says. "Anyone I know?"

[docscurlock]

"One of the horses out back," he grins. "So no, I reckon not. Corella had her foal."