we're always running scared but holding knives
"The end," Isla agrees, even though it sounds as though she wants to flip it on its head and make it absolutely the opposite. But she finishes her notes on the clipboard and hangs it back up, before moving to fix the IV stand he'd thrashed across the other side of the room.
"You won't be surprised to learn that Doctor Grimm," and that's Susan to you and I, "has petitioned to overtake the project. I suspect she will succeed, but I will do my best to prevent her from going too far." Setting the stand back up, Isla finds herself with absolutely nothing else to fuss over, and so lingers uselessly by the door with her arms folded.
"Ronin has been asking every day whether you are awake. If you'd like visitors I will arrange it, but if not I will tell him as much. Is there anything else before I leave you to rest?"
"You won't be surprised to learn that Doctor Grimm," and that's Susan to you and I, "has petitioned to overtake the project. I suspect she will succeed, but I will do my best to prevent her from going too far." Setting the stand back up, Isla finds herself with absolutely nothing else to fuss over, and so lingers uselessly by the door with her arms folded.
"Ronin has been asking every day whether you are awake. If you'd like visitors I will arrange it, but if not I will tell him as much. Is there anything else before I leave you to rest?"
Isla
