“That’s good to hear. ” And it is, genuinely; getting a read on how Benedict thinks he’s feeling is as much a data point as any.
There’s the slightly awkward physical intimacy of this, a coworker having to touch you, not just a physician you only have to see once per year, but Doctor Strange’s demeanour remains cool and dispassionate during the checkup: fingers pressed against the other man’s wrist, an abstracted expression on his face as he counts the beats. Then, gesturing, “If you can just loosen the neck of your robes,” he retrieves an antique-looking stethoscope, one of the byproducts of Research and dwarvish innovation, and presses it to his patient’s chest.
“Take a long deep breath, hold it in, breathe out slowly,” he instructs, “and repeat.”
This is the dull busywork part of the job, and not the sort of thing he originally signed up for as a surgeon, but. When needs must.
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There’s the slightly awkward physical intimacy of this, a coworker having to touch you, not just a physician you only have to see once per year, but Doctor Strange’s demeanour remains cool and dispassionate during the checkup: fingers pressed against the other man’s wrist, an abstracted expression on his face as he counts the beats. Then, gesturing, “If you can just loosen the neck of your robes,” he retrieves an antique-looking stethoscope, one of the byproducts of Research and dwarvish innovation, and presses it to his patient’s chest.
“Take a long deep breath, hold it in, breathe out slowly,” he instructs, “and repeat.”
This is the dull busywork part of the job, and not the sort of thing he originally signed up for as a surgeon, but. When needs must.