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[guppy_sandhu]

Guppy and Hannibal spent a fair amount of time working on Sunshine yesterday, and she is currently resting in one of the beds.

She could probably do with some gentle company.

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Re: Sunshine asleep / Autor

[herr_bookman]

Autor nods gratefully for the report, and retrieves the last five jars. He sets one aside and stands on yet another chair. Then he starts screwing a thick hook into the ceiling, to suspend captured sunlight in glass and a macramé net.

He wipes his sweat off with the back of his hand. "You're very well-trained."

Re: Sunshine asleep / Autor

[cook_the_rude]

"I'm a doctor," Dr. Lecter says, giving Autor an odd look. "Badly trained doctors will be taken out of circulation, for the common good. Of course I do my best!"

Re: Sunshine asleep / Autor

[herr_bookman]

Autor finishes stringing up his remaining jars, wrapping Sunshine in a cocoon of bright light. He squints as he steps down from his chair, barely able to see the good doctor now.

"Are you getting defensive about my trying to compliment you, or am I just incredibly tired?" he asks, stifling a yawn. He retreats to an empty chair opposite Dr. Lecter's, on the other side of Sunshine's bed, and pulls out a book to see if he can read it.

Re: Sunshine asleep / Autor

[cook_the_rude]

"You need to work on your compliments," Dr. Lecter says. "That one was better suited to Winston, one of my friend Will's dogs."

Re: Sunshine asleep / Autor

[herr_bookman]

Autor's lips quirk against his will. "Fair enough," he says softly, looking up from his book. "I am glad you are skilled enough to stabilize her injuries. Thank you for doing so."

He screws up his eyes to read his page again, and then closes the text entirely.

Re: Sunshine asleep / Autor

[cook_the_rude]

"I know you want to thank me," Dr. Lecter says, mildly. "But any doctor ought to be able to do that. Unless their doctorate is a Ph.D. in Assyrian archaeology or the like."

He winks at Autor, as if encouraging him to try again.

Re: Sunshine asleep / Autor

[herr_bookman]

Autor draws back, ruffled. He'd like to ask if Dr. Lecter is this difficult with everyone, but that's just pointless grousing. "You neither need or desire my acknowledgement."

Re: Sunshine asleep / Autor

[cook_the_rude]

"But I thank you for your gauche gratitude," Dr. Lecter says. "You mean well, for once."

Re: Sunshine asleep / Autor

[herr_bookman]

Autor grins at him, quick and light. It feels wrong. "Yes, I do."

He turns back to his book again, trying not to look at the lady asleep in the bed, or keep track the rate of her breathing--now eased.

Re: Sunshine asleep / Autor

[cook_the_rude]

"She will be well again," Dr. Lecter says, mildly again.

Re: Sunshine asleep / Autor

[herr_bookman]

Autor hesitates, and then nods again. He lifts his book and curls around it, indicating that he'll stick around until that is the case.

Re: Sunshine asleep / Autor

[cook_the_rude]

Dr. Lecter closes his eyes again, sagging somewhat in his chair.