He flinched at Maxine's head suddenly appearing on his chest. His chest still hurt quite a bit with the clavicle break not yet healed and his ribs still fractured so having something suddenly so heavy there caused him to tense.
It had taken him ages to find this very sitting spot that didn't cause him great discomfort at every flinch.
But he breathed out a sigh of relief at her delicacy that he was so surprised she had. At times, Maxine reminded him a lot of River. This was exactly what Maxine needed to do, in only looked crazy because he wasn't there and didn't know.
"Echo..." he said softly. "How do I sound, doc? Is it a good beat?"
He coughed a little and grabbed for the water with a grunt of displeasure.