[He got suspicious when he never felt quite as light and free of his miserable mortal shell as one might assume he should. When the pain came back with a vengeance, he knew. Now it's just official and on paper and a doctor told him so.]
Ha...! They've really got all that garbage down here? [In reference to his prescriptions.] That's lame. Here I was expecting an enchanted dumpling or magical tea. Maybe an amulet stuck to my forehead.
[He's being savagely facetious right now, though so far his tone remains more airily resigned than sharp or rude. He even smiles at the doc's visible surprise at his chart. (Though obviously doesn't know what, specifically, has shocked him.]
It comes with the territory when you're a walking, talking, genuine "medical miracle." [There's the bitterness, dripping off every syllable of the phrase.]
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[He got suspicious when he never felt quite as light and free of his miserable mortal shell as one might assume he should. When the pain came back with a vengeance, he knew. Now it's just official and on paper and a doctor told him so.]
Ha...! They've really got all that garbage down here? [In reference to his prescriptions.] That's lame. Here I was expecting an enchanted dumpling or magical tea. Maybe an amulet stuck to my forehead.
[He's being savagely facetious right now, though so far his tone remains more airily resigned than sharp or rude. He even smiles at the doc's visible surprise at his chart. (Though obviously doesn't know what, specifically, has shocked him.]
It comes with the territory when you're a walking, talking, genuine "medical miracle." [There's the bitterness, dripping off every syllable of the phrase.]