He's older than the kid. Alex remembers that again.
Movement catches the corner of his eye, but Alex waits until ED-E is complete, then lowers the bone to a tray on the table. Two of the unused Med-X are picked up, uncapped, and emptied into Neil's neck without warning. Here's to hoping the jugular would take it straight to the heart.
He leans over Neil, hands clasping on the kid's shoulders, and stares unflinchingly into his eyes. "Hey," he says, firmly, quietly, without room for argument. "You have a job to do. You focus on that fucking job. You stay still and you swallow that pain until this is over. You got one more shitty hard part, and then things will get easier. But that shitty part is the part you might die. So you do your job, Neil. You stay awake, you stay still, and you swallow it. Because I did not come all this way out here to lose you."
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Movement catches the corner of his eye, but Alex waits until ED-E is complete, then lowers the bone to a tray on the table. Two of the unused Med-X are picked up, uncapped, and emptied into Neil's neck without warning. Here's to hoping the jugular would take it straight to the heart.
He leans over Neil, hands clasping on the kid's shoulders, and stares unflinchingly into his eyes. "Hey," he says, firmly, quietly, without room for argument. "You have a job to do. You focus on that fucking job. You stay still and you swallow that pain until this is over. You got one more shitty hard part, and then things will get easier. But that shitty part is the part you might die. So you do your job, Neil. You stay awake, you stay still, and you swallow it. Because I did not come all this way out here to lose you."