Luceti Appointments

[vor]

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Comments

[fleurdesel]

A friend cannot be concerned for your well being?

[A beat.]

I am sorry for punching you on your birthday.

[vor]

But any other day, it would have been within your professional rights?

[fleurdesel]

Not at all, it is simply worse of me to have done so on your birthday.

[vor]

Were you sober?

[fleurdesel]

Not as sober as I should have been, but not as intoxicated as you were. It's no excuse.

[vor]

No. [But it's easier to excuse the actions of the judgment-impaired, usually.] It was...an experience.

[fleurdesel]

It was foolish and unwarranted.

[He made a mistake many young men his age make. And he's allowed that now and again, really.]

That's a kind way to put it.

[vor]

Well, it was a first. Even my combat instructors were careful not to actually hit me.

[fleurdesel]

How is it that you actually retained anything of combat training, then?

[vor]

Pulled at the last second. Listen, do you do this often to your patient when it's personal?

[fleurdesel]

Punch them, or check in with them? To the former: no. This is a first. To the latter- yes.

[vor]

Is it going to be a habit? The punching.

[fleurdesel]

No. It won't happen again.

[vor]

...I've never had a physician who started out as a friend before. You're sure it's not going to be a problem.

[fleurdesel]

You have my word as a LeBlanc. I'll not strike you again, no matter the circumstances.

[vor]

Then I'm satisfied. And I'll continue to require your services as a physician. [A pause. That sounded so Emperorish. But how else do you do business?]

[fleurdesel]

[She snorts a faint laugh.] Well said. I'll continue my research for you and let you know what I find that might suit you better.

[vor]

Thank you.

...I'm sorry.

[fleurdesel]

Don't be. It was your birthday and you wanted to enjoy yourself, as was your right. It's done.

[vor]

I have a couple of bottles of wine still. In the fridge. Maybe Ivan'll want them.

[fleurdesel]

I wouldn't know, to be honest. But I've never known someone to turn down wine.

[vor]

It's...probably for the best. Usually I just get morose when I'm drunk. The party was an exception.

[fleurdesel]

Company and a secure environment tend to make it easier for one to enjoy themselves when they normally would not.

[vor]

My normal birthdays involve much more standing up.

[fleurdesel]

This was your first on your own, celebrated as a man your age.

...

Did you open my gift?