Lester listened carefully as she responded to his doubts; he was relieved to hear that she'd at least thought things through. And he did think her family would be happy to let her stay at home until she was really, really ready — but it was also clear that Sloane didn't want that.

"I don't think it's a bad idea," he said, "I just don't want you to move too fast." She still got the migraines, she still spent a lot of time holed up in his bedroom — if she did something too quickly, it would probably be fairly bad for her mental well-being. Lester didn't think he'd been ready to go to the hospital when he had, and his intern year had certainly suffered for it.