No! Thank you for taking me here. I mean, I don't really... know if I trust their hospital. Not really. [Not when people disappear and seem to get experimented on all the time] I just... point me in the direction of the lifts, when you get here?
JARVIS sounds in the background, alerting her of a wheelchair on the fifth floor with the first aid supplies, and while she isn't quite sure why there is one, she's grateful. Pepper heads for the elevator herself as she responds.]
I wanted to say it. [He's not going to argue with her. The temperature of the room is slowly going up and he's glad for that too.]
I... You've done a lot for me already. And my friend, Raven, she wants me to go stay with her for a while, over at the Sanctuary? Just till... you know. If.... if I get better. [Seriously, he's surprised he's even alive.]
I... I'm sorry. I'd look for them, if I could. I'll get them. Don't worry. [And then the phone is set down, and there's the noise of shuffling as Teddy moves himself to the other end of the bed, hating all of this.
Maybe if he made himself another set of legs...?]
Raven said that Doctor Magnus was happy to have me for a little while. And I don't want to get under your feet. I just... I don't know if I'll be in on Monday.
[Oh, Teddy, that's not why she mentioned it. You make her so sad.]
You wouldn't be in the way.
[But she nods. A young man needs his independence, and it would probably be better for him to go somewhere else. The elevator stops on Teddy's floor and she pushes the wheelchair out onto the floor and heads into the bedroom. Please, oh please, be decent, Teddy.]
You're welcome to take as much time off as you need.
[He's decent enough. He's managed to get a shirt on, and as managed to even get on the pants, although just that effort was completely exhausting, and by the time she enters he's breathing a little harder than he'd like, heart throbbing. Apparently a week being dead makes you really out of shape]
I'll only be a day or two, I promise. Just to get used to- [And then he glances at it. The chair. It makes him feel a little sick]
[He laughs at that, pushing himself back and against the pillows. He needs to lean against something.] I think you manage fine without me all the time, Ms. Potts. Really. But thank you. For... going to get me.
[That makes him laugh. You can't get much fairer than that, can you?] Alright. I'll just take a few days, okay? I've got to get used to that.
[And he nods. He knows she wouldn't have done any different, she's a great person, even if she seems stiff sometimes. She gets everything done that has to be done.
But now he takes a deep breath and glares a little at the chair.] Right. I guess I should start getting used to this now?
Teddy?
[...Paralyzed.]
I'll find a wheelchair. You're here, at the Tower.
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I... I didn't listen to you, I'm sorry. I... I guess you brought me here?
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...I didn't know if I should take you anywhere else.
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[She should have been there.
JARVIS sounds in the background, alerting her of a wheelchair on the fifth floor with the first aid supplies, and while she isn't quite sure why there is one, she's grateful. Pepper heads for the elevator herself as she responds.]
Are you planning on going somewhere?
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I... You've done a lot for me already. And my friend, Raven, she wants me to go stay with her for a while, over at the Sanctuary? Just till... you know. If.... if I get better. [Seriously, he's surprised he's even alive.]
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[She stays silent for a few minutes while she retrieves the wheelchair and heads up to the floor she left him on.]
I left some clothes in the room, I don't know how well they'll fit. I suppose at the moment you can't find them.
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Maybe if he made himself another set of legs...?]
Raven said that Doctor Magnus was happy to have me for a little while. And I don't want to get under your feet. I just... I don't know if I'll be in on Monday.
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You wouldn't be in the way.
[But she nods. A young man needs his independence, and it would probably be better for him to go somewhere else. The elevator stops on Teddy's floor and she pushes the wheelchair out onto the floor and heads into the bedroom. Please, oh please, be decent, Teddy.]
You're welcome to take as much time off as you need.
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I'll only be a day or two, I promise. Just to get used to- [And then he glances at it. The chair. It makes him feel a little sick]
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You don't need to rush anything. I'll do my best to squeak by without you.
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I wasn't about to leave you there. [Not when she feels like she should have said yes and maybe she would have been able to catch him...]
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[And he nods. He knows she wouldn't have done any different, she's a great person, even if she seems stiff sometimes. She gets everything done that has to be done.
But now he takes a deep breath and glares a little at the chair.] Right. I guess I should start getting used to this now?
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If...In the past, things like this have only lasted a week.
[So perhaps a small measure of hope is in order.]
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