[when he wakes again, Oswald is actually awake this time, still going through case files. He looks...exhausted, in a word. He's tired. He's worried. He's stressed. and he still has not left the hospital]
[Oswald starts at that, blinking--before he's immediately levering himself up out of the chair, case file set aside, and moving over to sit at Edward's bedside]
I guess...? I don't know if there's anything to find, but...
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I don't think anything was different than how I've always done things. [he doesn't... want to think about this, but...] Do you think-- What if this is just... part of the whole thing...
[What if seeing ghosts has just fucked up his brain and it's just catching up with him?]
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[...he doesn't have the energy to give it more thought or say anything. He just... lets himself do as she asks, and rests.
He gets some more sleep.]
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...You don't look so good, you know that?
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Ah, you're up. How do you feel?
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...Have you been here the whole time...?
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You didn't have to-- I mean, that's--
I'm sure it must've been boring...
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Edward...you had a stroke.
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Mhm.
[he looks away, at that. Not sure what to even say. Because yeah that... sure is a thing that happened. It's... kind of scary.]
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...I'm sorry. I didn't mean to...
[to what? To worry? Shouldn't he worry, though???
He's honestly not entirely sure what he should do anymore.
But this is hardly the time for that conversation.]
....anyway, the doctor says you're healing well, but they want to run a couple more tests before they release you.
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They...are having trouble finding the cause.
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[This is probably a... him thing.]
Lucky me.
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....okay. Okay.
So...what's our next step. Have you had any...non-normal health issues before?
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...Okay. Alright.
Should we...look into phenomena like this? See if there's any correlation?
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I don't think anything was different than how I've always done things. [he doesn't... want to think about this, but...] Do you think-- What if this is just... part of the whole thing...
[What if seeing ghosts has just fucked up his brain and it's just catching up with him?]
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Well...before we resign ourselves to that, I'd want to look for more information.
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