*bites the inside of his lip hard enough to sting and stares, not at the pill in your hand (deceptively and damningly innocuous), but at the gauze it's lying on (two-hundred forty volts)*
*without a word, holds out his own hand and accepts the pill, tossing it back dry* *washes it down with another swig of water from his glass* *mutters succinctly* I hate this.