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[devoutish]

Yeah?

[That's it, that's all you get.]

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[nursetemple]

I don't need patience. Understanding would be nice. I don't need to coddle me. That's not what I have interest in. Some flexibility, maybe. But I don't need to be treated with kids gloves.

[devoutish]

Yeah. Good.

And I do understand.

[nursetemple]

I'm stuck here, same as you, Alfie. I just want to be useful, but I also need to be smart about it. I'm still - learning this place. I forget that I don't have the same safety net that I have back home. But it's not always easy.

[She sighs.]

Anyway. That's that.

[devoutish]

Yeah.

We've made it to the entrance to the tunnels. We'll be out by tomorrow.

[nursetemple]

I'll talk with Kid when he's awake, see what he wants to do. Don't think he should be alone right now, and he should definitely not be going back to Stein, either.

[devoutish]

Having a doctor with him isn't a bad plan. He doesn't cope well.

[nursetemple]

He's a very anxious kid, but he seems nice. Smart. Tried to save John, he explained to me. That's how he got his injury.

[She pauses for a moment, looking up at Kid again.]

You know, I wish I'd met you all under very different circumstances. Of course, that would mean you wouldn't have given me a second look, but everyone would be much healthier.

[devoutish]

Don't sell yourself short. All of us need doctors.

[nursetemple]

I'm not talking about what I do, Alfie.

[devoutish]

Don't sell the rest of you short, either.

[nursetemple]

I'm not, I'm being realistic. But it doesn't even matter. Sorry, I'm feeling very scattered. It's been a long day. Would give a lot of money to have a bath, right now. Motown in the background, a good book, a long soak. Maybe someone to wash my hair, or give me a backrub. Would go a long way to make me feel like myself again.

[devoutish]

Most of that's not likely to happen, here.

[nursetemple]

Oh, I know. Thinking about it makes me feel a little better, though. And some of it could happen.

[devoutish]

Do you think of home often?

[nursetemple]

Yeah, of course. I miss it. I miss everything about it. Don't get me wrong, I enjoy our time together - especially in private, but. Yeah, I constantly think about home.

[devoutish]

Mm.

It's been a long day, yeah? I'm not much in the mood for flirting.

[He'd rather talk about their homes, honestly.]

[nursetemple]

Believe it or not, I was just stating a fact for once, not flirting.

[Not that he's much for flirting most of the time anyway.]

I can let you go rest.

[devoutish]

[On his end, he rubs a hand down his face.]

That wasn't an insult or a dismissal.

[nursetemple]

Didn't take it as such, but you said you were tired.

[She chuckles, briefly.]

You asked me once if I was insecure. I'm not. I'm a grown ass woman with a very demanding, rewarding job. I can be hot, when I want to be. I know myself, what I like and don't like. I'm not going to cry myself to sleep if the guy I had sex with once wants to go rest instead of flirting with me. I'm also not a passive-aggressive person. If I was annoyed, I'd tell you. All right?

[devoutish]

I don't want to flirt. That doesn't mean I don't want to talk.

[nursetemple]

[Ahh, communication. If only he said what he meant, instead of just fragments.

She almost says that, but then bites her tongue.]

I can talk. I can't go to sleep yet anyway.

[devoutish]

Yeah. And, listen, Claire - you don't have to try as hard as you do. Relax a bit; be yourself.

[nursetemple]

[She doesn't reply for a long time. If she wasn't earlier, now she feels insulted.]

In what way have I made you think I wasn't myself?

[devoutish]

You do not seem secure. And it's no wonder, here. But you don't need to always ask me if I'd rather you go. I do enjoy your company.

[nursetemple]

I just don't want to encroach on much needed rest. It's not a knock on myself. Especially after today, I'm just - exhausted.

[She runs a hand through her hair.]

But - consider it duly noted. What have you got on your mind? Home?