[later, she'll need to eat, she'll need to rest some herself, but she's fine for the moment to fuss over him and to let the other doctors take point on whatever happens. instead, she reaches up to his face to push back a stray bit of hair, and takes a breath of her own.]
You can stay here as long as you need. There's no time limit for it...just rest for now, Shylock.
[and she means it - right here, he's basically sheltered from the world, the same way he had done for her when she had slept on one of the couches in Hemlock, safe from anything outside. no one will disturb him, need something from him, and hopefully that strange fire has had its fill for now.]
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[later, she'll need to eat, she'll need to rest some herself, but she's fine for the moment to fuss over him and to let the other doctors take point on whatever happens. instead, she reaches up to his face to push back a stray bit of hair, and takes a breath of her own.]
You can stay here as long as you need. There's no time limit for it...just rest for now, Shylock.
[and she means it - right here, he's basically sheltered from the world, the same way he had done for her when she had slept on one of the couches in Hemlock, safe from anything outside. no one will disturb him, need something from him, and hopefully that strange fire has had its fill for now.]