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Lorica (post 'ward of the state') in the esperverse meets a Lucien and a Lia
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"Well, right now what she's going to do is visit you at the hospital."

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"But what if there are people in a dungeon right now she could be saving?"

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"Even she needs a break sometimes, but you can ask her about it when you see her."

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"But going to the hospital isn't a break! If she needs a break she should take a real break!"

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"You can tell her that, okay?"

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Eventually there is an ambulance - is she oriented to place, person, and time? 

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She is Lorica and remembers the address she sent the Uber to and knows what day it is in this dimension!

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Good enough! They notice she has a band-aid on an arm - did she inject something?

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"I gave blood. Twice." She rolls up the other sleeve.

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"Ah - you're really not supposed to do that."

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"Well, I don't need it as much as people in the hospital do!"

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"Well, you can donate more if you don't have so little it's dangerous. We can give you a transfusion now and in two months you can donate again."

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"No! No no transfusions I don't consent to transfusions give it to someone else."

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"You're going to keep being faint until your blood supply is replenished."

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"No transfusions."

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Sigh. Its not actually a medical emergency that he's going to insist.

"We can do an IV line with electrolytes than, if you're okay with that. We are not in danger of running out of those."

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"Can you get me a nurse trainee who needs practice or something?"

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"Once we're at the hospital I'll see what I can do."

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"No transfusions."

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"Just an IV, yeah."

If she doesn't complain further they can get her set-up in the ambulance, though they have to insert another line once they're at the hospital. She doesn't get a nurse trainee - they do not in fact trust someone inexperienced to manage the delusional patient who is refusing care.

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It doesn't even occur to her that they might have lied to her about getting her a nurse trainee! This old woman is clearly just entering the workforce after her grandchildren she was providing primary care to grew up or something.

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Lia shows up a couple of minutes later.

"Hey Lorica."

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"Hi, you really shouldn't be here, you have an important job you should be either doing or resting from!"

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"Well, right now I'm here to check on you and poke you to check if you are an esper."

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