Noble frowned and listened to her, hands still frozen in place on her hips. "I'm not using someone else," he said, "It's my mistake." He did not think anything dire would happen — he was very careful with dosages when he did this, and the fainting had been the worst thing to happen to him.

"Nothing bad is going to happen, Daff," he said, sounding more tired than exasperated — this was the same conversation he'd had with Ford, essentially, but less emotionally exhausting because he was not trying to shove any anger down. Instead he was — disappointed? — that she didn't agree with him.

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