If it would get her to allow him to do his work and stop him from feeling like any more of a cad by upsetting her again, he'd show her. And even if teaching medicine to a girl of her age was beyond him, what wasn't was showing her some of what he knew.
Sometimes, he had to do the same thing with River, to talk her through the steps, let her see the instruments he was using, explain the treatments and the medications. Some patients needed to know, for their own sake, and some wanted to learn.
He held up the tricorder.
"Have you seen one of these before?" he asked. "It's a tricorder. We use it to scan you and check on your physical state."
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If it would get her to allow him to do his work and stop him from feeling like any more of a cad by upsetting her again, he'd show her. And even if teaching medicine to a girl of her age was beyond him, what wasn't was showing her some of what he knew.
Sometimes, he had to do the same thing with River, to talk her through the steps, let her see the instruments he was using, explain the treatments and the medications. Some patients needed to know, for their own sake, and some wanted to learn.
He held up the tricorder.
"Have you seen one of these before?" he asked. "It's a tricorder. We use it to scan you and check on your physical state."