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Tweak says, "You tend to mumble a lot."

Hannibal (i_consume) wrote in we_coexist,
@ 2012-03-02 12:58:00

Entry tags:

hannibal lecter, henry mccoy, stand still

Busy and in confusion (Hank)
Backdated: Happens right after this

They'd called him down into the clinic today because the hospital was being overrun. People were coming in with all kinds of complaints and much panic. All of the staff was present unless they had a very pressing matter to attend to, and even then they were told to return as soon as they got finished.

Hannibal was currently standing in front of a woman, the bridge of his nose pinched in his fingers, eyes closed. Trying to not get angry.

"No, I assure you. You are not dying." He said. It sounded like it might have been easily the fiftieth time he'd said it. "The streets not moving has nothing to do with the numbness in your arm. Which has nothing to do with a heart attack. You've told me yourself you spent a good deal of time today watching the news for any updates. You told me that you were using your arm as a pillow. Now what that does is cut off circulation... no, the news does not do it, the weight of your head does it. Since you did not rise at the first sign of numbness, this matter has had a while to form. The feeling will return to your arm shortly, and it isn't going to feel very good. But that will end soon as well, and then everything will be back to normal. Until then, if you like, you may sit in the waiting room. We have no place for you to sit in an exam room. No. If you don't wish for me to kick you out of the hospital entirely, you will wait where I tell you. Thank you."

Hannibal turned away from the woman, shaking his head. He'd known that the people born of this place weren't exactly the smartest creatures ever, but this was a new low. Stubbed toes and lightly bumped heads, and all of them nutjobs.

He could only be thankful that the people the City had brought in were not this dense.

He stepped into a supply closet to get a moment of peace.

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i_consume
2012-03-17 08:54 am UTC (link)

"Well." Hannibal considered for a moment. "It seems that we're stuck for now, doesn't it? You'll have to get what's needed, then bring it back."

He could offer to go, but if this was a state that Hank was going to be in forever, getting used to being in public sooner rather than later would be much better for him. The longer he hid, the harder it would become. Hannibal would never encourage the easy way out of anything.

"Go, and gather every single bit of anything that has something to do with this occurrence. Even if you don't think it particularly important, it might be. I might see something with my medical eyes that your scientist eyes overlooked. I will watch the analyzer, and I will call you when it finishes."

And Hannibal meant that he would really sit and wait for the thing to finish, not leave the room until it was done. He knew that Hank would want to get to it as soon as he possibly could.

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i_thebeast
2012-03-17 09:27 am UTC (link)

Hank frowned, but nodded slowly, walking over towards Hannibal and looking over his shoulder. "Yes. Of course. And thank you, for watching the sample. I shouldn't be terribly long."

He wondered if Hannibal wouldn't mind accompanying him, but then he thought better of the request and instead patted Hannibal's shoulder as he walked by. "Thank you, Hannibal. For not... overreacting when you saw me. Until I opened my mouth, that is." A little more teasing there, just because it made the situation easier to deal with.

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	i_consume 2012-03-17 09:30 am UTC (link)
	Hannibal returned the comment with a smile. "Don't think it as overreacting, Henry. Think of it as reacting in a way that you would respond to." (Reply to this) (Parent)

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