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[gaveherwings]

[In the hesitance before he even opens his mouth to say a single word, Dr. Yumeno's eyes show that there is something uprooted and disturbed beneath the steady surface. He doesn't look directly at the camera, blinking too often, his breath too carefully measured. There's a detached hollowness, a strained and deliberately even pacing to his speech,

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private | voice

[makes_asteroids]

You'll know where I'll be.

If you need me.

[His voice is, perhaps unexpectedly, calm and soft.]

private | voice

[gaveherwings]

Understood, sir.

[Toneless, by contrast- No, no, he doesn't need any wiser and more experienced consola- consultation now.

Doesn't.

...sooner or later, all of the piled denial is going to break into something messy. It won't be while he's still on duty, or even as long as he's needed to ensure Jinx pulls through.

Later, later, later all the personal emotions will be turned out, and that's when he'll ring up Magneto, raw and miserable and brooding.

Not now. Not while he can yet cling to the structure of work, even work of the most difficult kind.]

Re: private | voice

[makes_asteroids]

Thank you, Daedalus.

[For taking care of her. It's not needed, he knows. But he says it anyway.]

private | voice

[gaveherwings]

Doctor, please-

[His voice is straining. Hearing it from Re-l is bad enough, please don't be so personal in this moment to use first names, not yet, he's clearly not ready for facing that yet.]

...I'm... going to do everything I can, from this point out.

voice | private

[proxysearch]

[Oh, God... Her voice is gentle when she contacts him.]

Daedalus...

voice | private

[gaveherwings]

[His eyes widen, there's a momentary panic in the sheer unanticipated softness of her voice]

Re-l! (Oh god, what now, not now) Please tell me you're alright-

voice | private

[proxysearch]

[A beat.]

...Why wouldn't I be all right? I'm fine.

voice | private

[gaveherwings]

Good. Good, I...I was just worried, hearing you- Sorry.

Private, voice

[beenwaitinglong]

Yumeno. There was nothing you could have done.

Private, voice

[gaveherwings]

Yes. [There's a weak scoff, a bit drier than he would with most, because this is a private feed, and because Diego's given him far worse lip.] Just as I suppose you're satisfied when that's a doctor's excuse.

[beenwaitinglong]

It doesn't have to be satisfying. It's the truth. It's sometimes the most unsatisfying thing there is.

[gaveherwings]

Of course.

Of course.

...She'll live, though, that's the important thing now. Surely she'll live-

It's just...plainer to me now that I was clearly never meant to be an obstetrician! And that's that! It's cruel.

[voice]

[axemeaquestion]

Do you know what happened besides... [Her voice softens.] The obvious?

[voice]

[gaveherwings]

What went wrong?

Though our understanding of Nephilim fetal biology is incomplete, we-

We've understood the risks for some time now. We also know what needs to be done in order for her to survive it. That's the important thing.

[voice]

[axemeaquestion]

Hold up. So this is all because of the nephilim... issue?

[She would have said "thing", but she didn't want to insinuate that that's what she was calling the baby. Chuck had only just explained it to her, so she knew what it was, but not that much.]

[voice; private]

[gaveherwings]

That was a large factor in the complications, from what we can tell, yes.

[Video]

[chosenbynyx]

I don't know who she is, but I'm willing to send whichever element she's closest too, to support her and help her recovery. It's helped the Vamps back home, a lot, whenever they were injured.

[Video]

[gaveherwings]

Whichever...element? As in Fire, Water ...Etc?

I, ah...really wouldn't know, but I will ask when she is awake and coherent, if that's a kind of therapy she'd be amenable to.

[Video]

[chosenbynyx]

Yeah, I have an affinity for all five elements. So I can use them to help people who are suffering physical or emotional pain.

I'll be around whenever you can ask. I hope she'll recover alright.

[Video]

[gaveherwings]

I'm afraid I've never incorporated that method into treatment before, but...Skye is generally open to alternative practices. I'll speak with some of the other doctors here, and with my patient, and see what's recommended. Thank you.