The exam was simple as could be. The kid's face was a mess, even cleaned up some he looked pretty beaten up. The blood was starting to clot, but she still had to dab his face with fresh gauze several times. After she was finished examining him, she handed him his own gauze to hold and held up his x-rays to the light.
"Congratulations," she said. "Your nose is broken." She held up another view. "But everything else looks okay in terms of structure. The only break is in your nose and it's minor enough. You're going to have some pretty bad bruises, though. Definitely keep ice on your face as much as you can." She offered him a smile. "But you still might want to invest in some makeup to cover it up. You're going to have a colorful face for awhile."
She held up another x-ray film and clicked her tongue. "I can't believe someone around here would mug a young guy like you. Don't they have something better to do?"