He taps an index finger against the cardboard cup sleeve in response. Stalling.
"No, I wasn't seeing anyone," he lies. Amory has had doctors before, but that's precisely why he has none at the moment. Well, that's actually a lie. Chase is his doctor in a way. Mentally, he registers him as that asshole, a variant spelling of friend, which overrides the taboo association.
For all his supposed logic, Amory Felix is a man of impulse and irrational associations.
"Allowing a doctor to treat you is like letting a murderer place a gun against your head," he pauses, catching Cameron in the eyes. His tone is light, even prepping for a joke. "Except that sociopath's less likely to be operating under a false pretense. His intent is clear. He wants to blow your head off. The doctor, on the hand, will tell you he wants to help. Then in the afternoon, he cuts your fingers off while you're asleep."
guess I'm not the fighting kind;
"No, I wasn't seeing anyone," he lies. Amory has had doctors before, but that's precisely why he has none at the moment. Well, that's actually a lie. Chase is his doctor in a way. Mentally, he registers him as that asshole, a variant spelling of friend, which overrides the taboo association.
For all his supposed logic, Amory Felix is a man of impulse and irrational associations.
"Allowing a doctor to treat you is like letting a murderer place a gun against your head," he pauses, catching Cameron in the eyes. His tone is light, even prepping for a joke. "Except that sociopath's less likely to be operating under a false pretense. His intent is clear. He wants to blow your head off. The doctor, on the hand, will tell you he wants to help. Then in the afternoon, he cuts your fingers off while you're asleep."