The evening of the second day after the World Without Magic Plot...

[necessary_child]

Roughly twelve hours after seeing Guppy and Scully, Sam's awake. The fact that his (previously mostly burnt-off) thick black hair has chosen to grow back rather haphazardly, giving him the appearance of a boyish scarecrow, is the only sign that anything involving large dragons and sixty-feet falls has happened to him.

He stiffly props himself up on his elbows with a small groan.

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[guppy_sandhu]

He is greeted with a grin and a cup of hot soup from someone who heard the groan from the office.

"Welcome back to the land of the living."

[necessary_child]

Sam returns the grin. "Morning, mate. How long've I been out?"

[guppy_sandhu]

Guppy glances at one of the two watches on his arm.

"Not sure, twelve hours or so. I had to nip home for a while but I had your moniter linked into my pager in case you needed me. Changes the times a little."

[necessary_child]

Sam considers this. "A lot quicker than I've any right to be. I was expecting it to be more like a week at least." He sips the soup. "Mmm, nice. Cheers."

[guppy_sandhu]

Guppy smiles. "Well it's good that you're on the mend, you had me worried for a bit."

[necessary_child]

Sam shrugs and grins. "I'd like to say that I've had worse beatings, but I can't actually remember any. Which is a first, in any case,"

[guppy_sandhu]

Guppy winces a little.

"How are you feeling now? I took the ice off after a while since you didn't need frostbite on top of that lot."

A small grin. "At least it wasn't Sands. That would have really taken the biscuit."

[necessary_child]

"I'm fine. Perfectly normal. Bit stiff, but that's what happens when you spend all that time not moving." Sitting up slightly, he carefully peels open the hand clutching his dagger. Transferring the blade to his left hand, he flexes his fingers experimentally and winces slightly. "Ouch. Hasn't quite healed properly yet, but it'll be fine in an hour or so."

Sam laughs. "I'd a lot sooner face Sands than that dragon."

[guppy_sandhu]

Guppy nods. "I didn't like to move it, thought it might be important with your healing."

He smiles a little. "I think he's had what he deserves by the looks of things."

[necessary_child]

"Nah. Though it's saved me from having anything to heal a few times."

Sam looks interested. "Oh yeah? I thought that little mob boded no good for him."
He sips his soup. "Pity."

[guppy_sandhu]

"What astonished me was that he had the nerve to request treatment."

He glances at Sam. "Obviously I can't tell you what's wrong with him, but I just thought I should mention it in case you saw him with me. I've been refusing to treat him without a security eschort."

[necessary_child]

"He actually requested treatment?" Sam sips his soup. "Talk about nerve. Must have really taken a beating. Shame that."

"Can't blame you at all, mate. Not that I'd've been much help earlier, but I'll help out in future, if you want."
Though he finds the idea of himself as security oddly amusing.

[guppy_sandhu]

Guppy nods.

"Thanks, I appreciate that."

He picks up his cup of tea from nearby.

"Well actually he really just wanted the drugs, but I wasn't prepared to give them out just like that."

[necessary_child]

Sam shakes his head. "Yeah, I'll bet."
He finishes his soup. "I suppose I'd better be getting up." He registers his lack of clothing, thanks to the dragon having burnt most of it off, for the first time. He sighs. "Well, damn. I really liked that shirt."

[guppy_sandhu]

"Stay as long as you need, it's not busy in here. Um, yeah, do you want me to go find you some clothing?"

[necessary_child]

Sam grins. "Ta mate, but I'm not really one for lying about. Though yes, clothes'd be nice. Illusions are tricky in any case, and they're pretty wearing after a load of healing."

A pause. "Besides, bet there's someone in the bar with magic enough to see through an illusion. I'm not the most modest of people, but there are limits."

[guppy_sandhu]

Guppy grins. "Okay, I'll see what I can do."

He goes over to Bar and comes back a few minutes later with a small pile of clothes. The shirt should match the burnt one.

[necessary_child]

Sitting up properly, Sam takes the clothes and grins, recognising the shirt. "Cheers. Did you charge 'em to my tab?"

[guppy_sandhu]

Guppy shakes his head.

"Nah, I put them on mine. Don't worry about it."

[necessary_child]

Sam frowns. "Don't be daft, I've got plenty of money... Mostly because it's been collecting interest for longer than my birth certificate would suggest was possible, but hey."

[guppy_sandhu]

Guppy shrugs.

"You looked after my butt, I cover up yours." he says with a grin.

[necessary_child]

Sam laughs. "Well, if you're going to put it that way... Thanks."

He turns away slightly to pull the shirt on over his head.

[guppy_sandhu]

Guppy turns and pulls the curtain around him to give him some privacy.

"Give us a shout when you're done." he says from outside.

[necessary_child]

Sam shrugs and, sliding down from the bed, quickly pulls on the rest of his clothes.

"Ready!" he calls, laughing as he pulls the curtain back. "Ta-daa." He's clearly in a good mood.

[guppy_sandhu]

Guppy grins.

"Excellent." he sips his tea. "On a more serious note, any aftereffects, problems and such, feel free to come back. I'll be around." He rubs his forehead. "Most of the time anyway. When I'm not working in Holby."

[necessary_child]

Sam grins back. "Thanks, but I doubt there's much chance of that, I've been doing this for long enough. Come on, I'll buy you another drink at the bar."