Re: Passages: Bruce B and Matt M
[The sudden relaxation that bordered on a smile made Bruce's eyebrows inch up just a bit. It was the swift change that surprised him, the scowling one second and ease the next. If (and when) he had more time to think about it, he might be able to follow the train of Matt's thoughts, but for now there was still surprise on his part.]
I'm not usually this type of doctor, so I don't have... a place. [That was less than the whole truth - the truth being he didn't have a place at all, much less a place to practice medicine.] I don't have the right type of degree for it, either, but sometimes people need help, and I know the basics. The people I usually come across mostly just need simple things. I don't...
[He paused, shaking his head after Matt's hesitation and question.] I might have been able to help research things if I still had a place to work. Machines to work with. But I'm not... a healer. [It disappointed him to have to say it, especially since Matt had obviously gone through a lot just to get there.] And you've already got someone patching you up.