Four Bells: [Voice] Somewhat Unwell

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Doctor McCoy?

[It's Kennedy, and he sounds awful.  It's been a couple of days since he's left his room or contacted anyone over the journals.]

Are you in the clinic at the moment? Fever and aches aren't as much to my liking as I'd first thought. If I die before I make it there, please make sure Captain Jack stays out of my things until I return.

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[a laugh]

I'll show you, sometime.

[Ah, this she can do.] Well, we can't have that.

[taking the book from him, she'll settle back, the soft flick of pages settling between them as she moves past the title and to the beginning of the story.]

...All children, except one, grow up. They soon know that they will grow up, and the way Wendy knew was this. One day-

[she'd read to him until he stopped her, or until the occasional glance, eyes raising briefly from the book, told her he'd fallen asleep. Either way, she's in no hurry to be anywhere else, right now]

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[After listening for some time, occasionally moving to take another drink of orange juice, he does eventually fall asleep, cheek pressed against the pillow, one hand lying on his chest.]

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[she trails off when she notices, pausing with her finger on the last word in case his eyes open and he wants her to go on. But when it becomes obvious his breathing has steadied, she pulls a pencil from her hair (there always seems to be one of them around) and slips it between the pages, marking the spot.

Setting the book where he'll be able to reach it later, she stands quietly -careful not to wake him- and slips out of the room.

She'll see him later when he's feeling better]