"- Do you want to talk for a minute in private?" Marian asks Val. "We can go in my bedroom." 

Surely it can't be that hard to tell him a number of milligrams and hand him a thing? Wait. Maybe this student is holding her hostage and lying about being an apprentice. "Sure, that sounds like a good idea."

She ducks into the bedroom with him and shuts the door. 

"Listen, I - know why you feel really private about your medical needs, it makes a lot of sense, and I would never tell Wen Qing about it without your consent. But I think it's a good idea for her to know? Because, I mean -" 

Deep breath. 

"Because I'm going to die, right. You know that. And I've already told Wen Qing that she has permission to read all of my notes if - when - that happens, and at that point you'd need to go to her anyway for followup. And it'll be better for continuity of care if she's already up to speed." 

Marian is not going to cry she is NOT. 

"Oh, I was assuming I would just not get any more hormones after you died."

"- Oh. I'm hoping that I can try to figure out something with an alchemist student and make a potion version that lasts a lot longer? Or at least that if I'm really nice to the void and flatter it a lot and also tell it what a great student Wen Qing is, maybe it'll be willing to accept her as my successor and give her drugs too."

She's already considering whether she can remember enough of the RN licensing exam to put together a test and convince the void that Wen Qing is a qualified nurse– oh wait she's an idiot she can just ask it for a copy of the exam, duh, that's totally medical reference material. 

"Huh. That sounds neat. Anyway, you can tell her, I guess, but is there anything I need to take with me or anything right now?"

"I think your dose of T should be good for now? I did finish reading that pamphlet, though, so I can go through the basics with you - uh, just a second, let me get out my notes - and then you can take the booklet to read through on your own time?" 

"If I can take the booklet anyway do you mind if I just head to dinner? I just really don't want to be late again."

"- Sure, yeah, sounds fine." 

And they can duck out of Marian's bedroom so she can grab the stapled printout from the relevant shelf and hand it over. 

"Thanks! I'll come show you some books another time!"

Wen Qing is going to wait patiently to be told information.

"Cool!"

She waits until Val leaves. 

"...Sorry. He has a - medical thing that needs drugs - and he's very private about it. He sort of said it was okay to tell you, but didn't seem very comfortable about it? And I don't think it's super urgent, since, uh, I already gave you permission to read all of my notes if I die and I cleared that with him. But hopefully he can build some more rapport later on." 

And they can continue with Wen Qing's lesson until dinner.