He let out a soft sigh.

He was required to do a medical exam before beginning active duty. He was aware of that, of course, yet he had hoped he could put it off for a little while longer. He had a genuine fear of medical rooms and sickbays, anything surgical scared him. In his head, it was an entirely rational fear, the room where people stabbed you with needles was a fair place to be scared of.

So he knocked, and he waited.