"Well, we can't have you pickle-less," he said with a chuckle. "I'll let you out of here as soon as this is healed. Wee Wizard swear." He even made the accompanying hand gesture and everything. Never mind that he'd been kicked out as a small child for sneaking an orphaned baby dragon from the reserve in his rucksack for show-and-tell.
Man, his father had never let him forget that one.
He snorted at her sly look. "Oh, no. Don't even start that, you'll get me fired. I was thinking of sending someone in here to amuse you while I have to go check on my other patients."