Board Thread:Roleplaying/@comment-5543592-20190520181834/@comment-5583506-20190611215925

SkyrimsShillelagh wrote: "And what is there to strive for?" Tanner said, sitting back and nodding for Denis to do his work. Evangeline winced as Denis began to do his surgery while she was still conscious. She did her best to focus on Tanner instead, and ignore for a fact that she was operated on live.

This wasn't exactly how she had imagined her evening to turn out, but she was nevertheless happy that the wound would be treated. She had just hoped that it wouldn't be under these sorts of circumstances that she would get to have a moment or two with Tanner.

"I could think of plenty of things", she said. "I know you like philosophy for an instance. It didn't escape me back at the World's Fair that you were quite passionate about the subject. Maybe you could spread and teach those learnings to those who lack that sort of aspect in their lives once this is done?"

She flinched as she felt cold steel graze against her insides. "If not..." she began slowly, her eyes wandered over to Denis for a moment, almost as if she wished that the doctor could've momentarily disappeared out of existance for what she was about to say, but she found herself halted once more by her own confidence and so fell silent.

"You... you are not worthless to me", she finished vaguely.

"Speaking of which", Shanks grinned and flipped his bottle over, demonstrating that it was empty. "I am dry. Want me to fetch you another?"