Niles held tight, managing a nod. He needed to save his voice to tell Yewll to stop. That he was fine and healthy and it wouldn't happen again. She was wrong. She had to be. Gabe had been there every step of the way. He'd fought alongside Niles, been there for him in his darkest moments.
"The last time we went down to check on your little pet project, you wouldn't stop talking to him," Yewll explained. "Arguing even. And--" She tapped his cheek again, to get him took at her. "And it sounded like you were scolding a child."
"Drop it," Niles said, his tone starting to sound firmer. "He's--"
"If you're going to talk, you're going to tell me what happened. End of story." But that was met with Niles' eyebrows drawing down, perplexed. "What got you here. You weren't any weirder than normal when I'd talked to you that afternoon."
"Connor," Niles summarized. "Gabe. We drank. His idea." Niles squeezed his eyes shut, swallowing hard.
"That's it," she said, as if giving up. Her hands planted on the rail of his bed. "We've got two options. But I'm not going to sit here and play therapist to a sorry sack like you. So we're going to stick a probe inside your skull and shock that kid right out of your system."
"NO!" Niles tried to shout, but it just sent him into a coughing fit. He yanked hard at the restraints, but Yewll was already stepping away from the bed.
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"The last time we went down to check on your little pet project, you wouldn't stop talking to him," Yewll explained. "Arguing even. And--" She tapped his cheek again, to get him took at her. "And it sounded like you were scolding a child."
"Drop it," Niles said, his tone starting to sound firmer. "He's--"
"If you're going to talk, you're going to tell me what happened. End of story." But that was met with Niles' eyebrows drawing down, perplexed. "What got you here. You weren't any weirder than normal when I'd talked to you that afternoon."
"Connor," Niles summarized. "Gabe. We drank. His idea." Niles squeezed his eyes shut, swallowing hard.
"That's it," she said, as if giving up. Her hands planted on the rail of his bed. "We've got two options. But I'm not going to sit here and play therapist to a sorry sack like you. So we're going to stick a probe inside your skull and shock that kid right out of your system."
"NO!" Niles tried to shout, but it just sent him into a coughing fit. He yanked hard at the restraints, but Yewll was already stepping away from the bed.