Posted by Lieutenant Commander Theodore Knox (Chief Medical Officer - Incoming) in Side sim: Counsellor check in

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Theo nodded. “I understand, it is a lot to take in for many.” He said nodding, his expression stoic. He considered her as he sat. “I am no stranger to difficult decisions.”

Dr Knox

Casela appraised him with a look. “No I would say you are not. So tell me doctor, how strongly do you believe in the Hippocratic oath?” She could say that Fey had followed it, to a point. The procedure had not hurt Casela, so far, but the psychological harm bothered her. Casela had a let up on that though, she’d understood how Fey’s actions had triggered past trauma. Casela had worked through it as best as she could, and she would admit she had avoided sickbay since. Fey may have meant well, and Casela didn’t bare her any ill will, now, but she had no desire to be further experimented on. She still stood by her assessment though that Fey was an excellent doctor even if her methods were not always orthodox.

“Would you like something Dr Knox?” Casela got up and went to her replicator to get the second cup of coffee since this meeting began. The doctor would notice slight bruising on her arms and dark circles under her eyes, and compared to her personnel photo she seemed paler.
Lt. Synthi-er, CNS

Theodore raised one eyebrow a fraction, so minute a gesture that to most it would be undetectable. He had a feeling that Casela however would notice. “Tea would be very welcome, thank you.” He said responding to her replicator question first.

“You remind me of my mentor with that eyebrow, Doctor. A personality quirk I picked up from her as well. Though I haven’t quite mastered the subtle nuances of degrees of height as she has.” She takes the coffee out of the replicator and then the tea and walks back over handing it to him.

He watched her move to the replicator as one who issued to observing and noting behaviours. Or perhaps as a velocirapor does before it strikes. Either way he responded to her first question. “The oath is a corner stone to medical practice. It is the basic binding of what we do, treat the sick and injured to the best of one’s ability and teach the knowledge and practice of medicine to the next generation. However it is outdated and unable to entirely cover all of the potential ethical dilemas one might find ones self in today as a practicing pphysician.i doubt very much that Hippocratese ever assumed the human race would venture into the stars and encounter such wonders and also such evils as we have.”

Casela was aware of the almost predatory way the doctor observed her. Others probably found it disturbing and unsettling to say the least. For Casela, it was reassuring.
She lived in a world where no one was to be trusted and everyone had hidden motives. Whatever his motives might be, at least his nature showed itself in his body language. Whether that nature was good or bad was yet to be determined, but the obvious appraisal didn’t bother her. She tipped her head to the side, considering. “That is probably true. But at the heart of that oath is simply the idea to cause no harm, and on this ship, that is a very grey area.”

He paused to give her a small smile. “I always perfered another old earth text to be my guiding code. “Do unto others as you would have them do to you.”

“Another wise Earth saying. Though it can be dangerously deceptive depending on which side of the statement you land on.”

His expression formed into one of mild concern then. “Forgive me Counsellor, but if I appear rude but the bruises on your arms…are those new?”

Dr Knox

Casela didn’t even have to look down. She knew what he was talking about. She’d noticed she’d gotten bruises in the last weeks during training, something that never happened, unless she got hit really hard. “About a week or two old. I don’t usually bruise that easily.” They should have been healed by then. She didn’t usually address bruises herself because they healed on their own alright, normally. “Why do you ask?” She honestly had put very little thought to it, at first. Then when they were slow to heal she’d considered sickbay but didn’t want to be the subject of another one of Fey’s unannounced experiments. She should have gone to McHarrie, but who had time. This appointment was the longest she’d gone sitting in 3 weeks.
Lt Synthi-er, CNS

Theodore listened to her and turned slightly in the chair to observe her again carefully from head to toe. ”Given the nature of your answer, the bruises alongside the dark circles under your eyes, and the pale complexion would be enough to make me think you would do well to have yourself checked out. Do you feel well?” his tone was a mix of concern and interest.

Dr Knox

Casela sat back down and was a little surprised at his assessment, but if she was being honest he was right. She started to sip her coffee and stopped and put it down. “I’m downing coffee like water, and I can’t stand the stuff. Finally found this one, Pepperment Mocha, that I can stand, and you would think between the amount of caffinne and sugar in it, and the amount I’m drinking, I’d be wide awake all the time. But by the end of the day I’m out before I can sit down.” Which was very odd since she usually couldn’t sleep with anyone around. And after her encounter with Sandman and then Hampton’s orb, she wasn’t feeling well really. She stiffled a yawn, “See what I mean. But no I guess I don’t feel well, or at least not myself.”
Lt. Synthi-er, CNS