Every Word I Know

NATE

"If you're sure." If Ray wasn't going to hold it over his head, it would be stupid to insist on it, Nate letting it slip away without anything more than a thin smile, reaching out to take her hand in his, his skin cool to the touch, despite the heat that still stifled Haulani, even with the sun fading. "Seems like everyone meets him before they meet me. I haven't had the chance to make a bad impression on someone in weeks." He laughs at his own joke, then relaxes somewhat himself, glancing around the shop.

Nate nods, he is indeed a doctor, as far as anyone here is concerned, following Ray's gesturing before letting his eyes settle back on the shopkeeper. "I was hoping you'd say that. This kind of stuff, botany, or... herbology, or whatever you call it," his hand waves his mistake away while his words barrel on, "it's pretty new to me still. And since I can't actually grow anything, it'll be nice to have a source for good materials." Her laughter is contagious, Nate tipping his head back with the force of it. "If you're willing to work something out, it could be official." The pharmacy at least. And it would save him and Vai both the hassle of keeping materials at the clinic, of making sure things are stocked and fresh.

We had highs and we had lows
Where'd we go, nobody knows