("It's a leap of faith. That's all it is, Miles. A leap of faith.")
The corner of Peter's mouth quirks in a smile at this guy unknowingly speaking the same language.
"Well first of all, try to relax the leg. It's instinct to clench muscles up around an injury when you're in pain, but I need to be able to start loosening this muscle fiber enough to see what's going on in there and figure out what passes for your peripheral nerves. I'll need to disable those for everything else I need to do."
He arranges the edge of the sheet to only show off the bare minimum he needs to see, keeping Cayde all cozy and carefully tucked in as much as he can with only his leg sticking.
"Secondly, no tough guy stuff. If something hurts, I need to know. If it hurts really bad, I really need to know. We can't afford to break anything worse than its broken, in case you've got something irreplaceable in there."
He gets out some small pliers. He wants to get those metal fragments out first so any movement as he starts working won't be, you know, agony.
"I'm going to get started. I'm going to get this shrapnel out first so I have a clear view and so it hurts less when I manipulate your leg. I've noticed you breathe. Deep breaths, okay?"
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The corner of Peter's mouth quirks in a smile at this guy unknowingly speaking the same language.
"Well first of all, try to relax the leg. It's instinct to clench muscles up around an injury when you're in pain, but I need to be able to start loosening this muscle fiber enough to see what's going on in there and figure out what passes for your peripheral nerves. I'll need to disable those for everything else I need to do."
He arranges the edge of the sheet to only show off the bare minimum he needs to see, keeping Cayde all cozy and carefully tucked in as much as he can with only his leg sticking.
"Secondly, no tough guy stuff. If something hurts, I need to know. If it hurts really bad, I really need to know. We can't afford to break anything worse than its broken, in case you've got something irreplaceable in there."
He gets out some small pliers. He wants to get those metal fragments out first so any movement as he starts working won't be, you know, agony.
"I'm going to get started. I'm going to get this shrapnel out first so I have a clear view and so it hurts less when I manipulate your leg. I've noticed you breathe. Deep breaths, okay?"