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For the moment, Doc did all he could to shush her, to calm her and to hold her down so that she didn't hurt herself further throughout her panic. In the attack, the surgeon came in and gave a mild sedative to take the edge off and further knock the pain down a bit.
"If she needs more, Doc, I'm OK with you doing that for her," he told him as he left.
Still, while the sedative worked in, he started calming and re-assuring.
"It's OK, Ashley," he said to her, "no one knows where you are and security is thick here." He could feel her starting to settle a bit under the sedative, at least physically.
"Thatta girl," he said to her cariingly. "You are at Med Force General in Baffin. It is fairly new and off the charts to most. You are safe here."
He then smiled as he let his robe open enough for his two ivory pistol handles to show, "Let them try and kill me." He then closed it.
He then began running some fingers through her hair with his left hand. With his right, he took the ring out of his pocket and showed it to her. As he did, his face went somber.
"The fact that you were still wearing it after all of this time tells me you must care something for me," he said softly. He then went silent as he was obviously upset. For the moment, he put the ring back in his pocket.
"For now, just relax and heal. You still have a lengthy road to recovery in front of you as you were resuscitated twice when you got here."
He just sat, trying to keep her relaxed.
