[There are no words from her for a minute or two. The ambient noises of the roaring youkai in the distance and the low buzz of the neon lights glaring down at them fill in the silence between them before she finally decides to talk again.]
If you're a surgeon... Then can I trust you to keep this between you and me? Not as 'cousins' or anything okay?
[She lifts her head up.]
Doctor and patient confidentiality. Can you do that?
[For now, she'll be truthful. She'll allow this one weakness (and sometimes strength; it's a matter of perspective) to be known slowly. Having to keep it to herself was more painful than not.]
no subject
[There are no words from her for a minute or two. The ambient noises of the roaring youkai in the distance and the low buzz of the neon lights glaring down at them fill in the silence between them before she finally decides to talk again.]
If you're a surgeon... Then can I trust you to keep this between you and me? Not as 'cousins' or anything okay?
[She lifts her head up.]
Doctor and patient confidentiality. Can you do that?
[For now, she'll be truthful. She'll allow this one weakness (and sometimes strength; it's a matter of perspective) to be known slowly. Having to keep it to herself was more painful than not.]