Captives (2013)
“Ciddah said. “Change it to 150 milligrams.”
Mason made a note on the CompuChart. “But isn’t that a lot of hormones? Won’t that affect her body in other ways?”
“I’m the senior medic here, Mason. Let me worry about that.”
“But—”
Rimola leaned around the doorframe. “Enforcers just dropped off a patient in exam two.” She’d been Roller Painting her skin dark pink ever since Luella Flynn started wearing red and black. Her spiky black hair hadn’t changed. “He’s been arrested for assaulting an officer....”
Ciddah looked away from the CompuChart. Mason watched her profile as a strand of her wispy blonde hair fell from her hair clip. “What’d they do to him?” Ciddah asked.
“Don’t know,” Rimola said. “His face is pretty bloody. They said to keep it quiet.”
“Wonderful.” Ciddah patted Mason’s back, her hand lingering there longer than necessary. “Why don’t you assist me, Mason?”
“Sure.” Mason followed her out of the office. So far, he’d done little but enter data into CompuCharts, weigh patients, and take blood pressure measurements, all of which constituted a multi-stepped process Ciddah called taking the vitals.MoreLess
Mason made a note on the CompuChart. “But isn’t that a lot of hormones? Won’t that affect her body in other ways?”
“I’m the senior medic here, Mason. Let me worry about that.”
“But—”
Rimola leaned around the doorframe. “Enforcers just dropped off a patient in exam two.” She’d been Roller Painting her skin dark pink ever since Luella Flynn started wearing red and black. Her spiky black hair hadn’t changed. “He’s been arrested for assaulting an officer....”
Ciddah looked away from the CompuChart. Mason watched her profile as a strand of her wispy blonde hair fell from her hair clip. “What’d they do to him?” Ciddah asked.
“Don’t know,” Rimola said. “His face is pretty bloody. They said to keep it quiet.”
“Wonderful.” Ciddah patted Mason’s back, her hand lingering there longer than necessary. “Why don’t you assist me, Mason?”
“Sure.” Mason followed her out of the office. So far, he’d done little but enter data into CompuCharts, weigh patients, and take blood pressure measurements, all of which constituted a multi-stepped process Ciddah called taking the vitals.MoreLess
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