"I'm fine. Physically." Which is the truth. He is fine that way. He won't promise that he's okay in any other way. Not yet. Not for a while.
He sighs, poking his finger at the vest. "I noticed... I got paranoid,' he admits, looking away, not sure he can meet Alex's gaze during this. "I knew he was following me. I knew. And I went to buy a gun," he says, unable to keep looking away, but his gaze doesn't settle on Alex, not as he talks. "I didn't want to die, but... I didn't become a doctor to hurt people."
He's done enough of that in his life. He's seen what it can do and he couldn't.
"He came here. He shot me." With that he pokes his finger in the hole in the vest. The cover was torn but not the kevlar. "Okay I guess I'm not entirely fine," he says, moving to tug his shirt down, showing where it's starting to bruise.
He can't look away then, meeting Alex's gaze. "You're the only one that will know this. I injected him with a very large dose of barbiturates. I induced a coma and then admitted him as my patient. I couldn't kill him, but I couldn't leave him out there killing whoever he sees as a threat. Bad enough Liz was stabbed tonight by Noah and I still don't know what is happening with Isobel and Max. Liz went looking for them."
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He sighs, poking his finger at the vest. "I noticed... I got paranoid,' he admits, looking away, not sure he can meet Alex's gaze during this. "I knew he was following me. I knew. And I went to buy a gun," he says, unable to keep looking away, but his gaze doesn't settle on Alex, not as he talks. "I didn't want to die, but... I didn't become a doctor to hurt people."
He's done enough of that in his life. He's seen what it can do and he couldn't.
"He came here. He shot me." With that he pokes his finger in the hole in the vest. The cover was torn but not the kevlar. "Okay I guess I'm not entirely fine," he says, moving to tug his shirt down, showing where it's starting to bruise.
He can't look away then, meeting Alex's gaze. "You're the only one that will know this. I injected him with a very large dose of barbiturates. I induced a coma and then admitted him as my patient. I couldn't kill him, but I couldn't leave him out there killing whoever he sees as a threat. Bad enough Liz was stabbed tonight by Noah and I still don't know what is happening with Isobel and Max. Liz went looking for them."