[IC post-trauma post]

[playingdoctor]

[....from Umeda's office, where the door is closed for once, comes the sound of Blade Runner.]


((OOC: Everyone and their mother, including Akiha and Io, have dropped in this last little while; Umeda's indulging in his comfort movie. *g* Anyone can feel free to jump this post to catch the movie with him or harass him after it to cheer him up; this post isn't for anyone specific -- I just didn't think I could manage a main-comm post that might hit a few thousand again, but anyone's still free to come and bug Umeda. Got an appointment? Meant to return something to him? Heard about the drops? Come by and say hi.))

Comments

[thebackburner.livejournal.com]

That's good! Oh yeah? He put Die Hard on while we were talking, he's pretty cool for a doctor.

[gothrumefirst]

Really? I guess it's 'cause he's young, or something...

[thebackburner.livejournal.com]

That must be it. Oldness hasn't creeped in and made him uncool yet.

[gothrumefirst]

If only more doctors could be like that instead of old and crusty...

[thebackburner.livejournal.com]

It's a rare find! It won't be so bad if we get hurt in camp training this way.

[gothrumefirst]

... That doesn't mean you can go and be reckless though! Even though I know training is important...

[thebackburner.livejournal.com]

I know. I think being told by everybody that I need to take it easier is slowing me down all by itself. . . I'll be careful, I can't improve unless my body can keep up.

[gothrumefirst]

Good! And you know you can always count on me if you need any help with training, like keeping an eye on the stopwatch and stuff, right?

[thebackburner.livejournal.com]

You do way more than just look at the stopwatch! I need a lot of endurance training, and you're really good at that. . . I said I would keep up with everybody, but I guess it's really starting to take a toll.

[gothrumefirst]

Ahh, well, I can go get my bike any time you wanted to do that, since I arrived here with it...

But I-- I think you're doing even better than just "keeping up" at the moment, if that makes any sense?

[thebackburner.livejournal.com]

Really? That would be really great. . .

I don't know, I'm improving at an okay pace, but - I need to try to be better than that now. I keep hitting my ceiling, so it's like I'm stuck at at a pace that's still too slow for what I need to do.

[gothrumefirst]

You just say the word!

But... everything takes time, doesn't it? I mean, I'm not really patient at all either, but if you try to overwork yourself then you only waste more time by having to sit out to give your body a rest... after all, you can only do what you can do, right? Nobody can say that you aren't trying your best!

[thebackburner.livejournal.com]

[fidgets a little]

Yeah, I'm doing my best.

[gothrumefirst]

So that's all anybody can ask.

[thebackburner.livejournal.com]

It's all I can do, too. I guess I got used to that being enough to work with. --I want it to be enough, you know?

[gothrumefirst]

It is enough. Who says it isn't?