looks in again
It hits just about the moment his locker closes after he's taken out his white coat. Tension in his head, a sinking feeling in the pit of his stomach, his shoulders locking, chest tight, his veins feeling cold.This could go two directions. Continue, or stop. An easy fix would be an anxiolytic inhaler, a few puffs, then gone. That's an option.
He walks over to a sink in the locker area and splashes water on his face, grabs the sink for a second, and breathes.
If everything is high priority, and he can't find a direction or thought to stick with, it would escalate to panic and that doesn't help.
The path through is to have those structured thoughts. To have the purpose. To have the meaning. Things that are the most important so that other things become less so and fall in line. Anxious thoughts or even physiological reactions to things under the surface can abate with an ordered world.
His patients. He thinks about that list filing into his daily schedule. Not as some ever increasing burden, but each a fresh opportunity.
That helps a little.
He thinks about Sara. What she looks like when she sleeps. Still. Serene. A hold over from her Synn origins, perfect muscle atonia at night. Like a doll. It grew on him. Became a comfort. A reason for him to actually sleep, to be next to.
His chest, in a few deep breaths, clears of tension. He can lower his shoulders. He can feel the ache in his temples abate, slowly.
It passes.
Walking towards a team of heavily armed men just half an hour ago has an effect, but it's controllable.
He visualizes how well his treatment and prep for the next patients will be.
Then, in minutes, he'd forget this ever happened.
Panurge has started a new game with the following players:
Panurge
In
Looks
Are you still in?
Sorry, older sister te.ephoned
https://www.google.com/search?q=pathfinder+torch&ie=UTF-8&oe=UTF-8&hl=en-us&client=safari#vhid=qfS59LwRWHH1YM&vssid=l
Yes was in.. and 2cd lt
But was in national guard kinda semi army lol
And I actually wore the torch
Well I’ve been out more than a few years LOL
were you in?
Wow path 24 yrs congrats
Laughs
Yes
Went in at 17
Market Lounge
I am interested in being auctioned but wondering how to set it up
oh, good! i appreciate the clarification.
ummm
thanks?
Path in army 24 yrs?
(That’s a compliment btw, from one nerd to another *s*)
His AV touches down and the team disperses. His team was just support and had no living patient cargo so it was back on rotation. He heads into the facility and checks the log for his next appointment. 16.5 minutes. He goes to the locker room to get the armor off, splash some water on his face, and change into his in-facility clothing set.