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"All right, let's see if our little friend is going to say hullo today-- ah ha! There we are."
Healer Durkin prods the floating sonogram image with his wand, and moves the transmitting stone just a hair so that the fetus comes into sharper focus.
Nymphadora blinks at the picture with wide, eager eyes.
"How does it look? Is it the proper size? Is that the head?"
Healer Durkin prods the floating sonogram image with his wand, and moves the transmitting stone just a hair so that the fetus comes into sharper focus.
Nymphadora blinks at the picture with wide, eager eyes.
"How does it look? Is it the proper size? Is that the head?"
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Date: 2007-05-11 12:00 am (UTC)Well, it's a blob. What can you do?
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Date: 2007-05-11 12:06 am (UTC)"I think somebody's a bit shy."
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Date: 2007-05-11 12:18 am (UTC)The witch nods eagerly, and squeezes Bernard's hand.
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Date: 2007-05-11 12:39 am (UTC)"Well, congratulations. Have you got a list of girl names written up?"
Bernard is speechless.
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Date: 2007-05-11 12:45 am (UTC)Then her brain catches us to her mouth, and 'Dora yelps.
"Did you just say that it's a girl."
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Date: 2007-05-11 12:52 am (UTC)Durkin adjusts the stone again, looking for something only he knows. "...Well, this young lady looks very healthy indeed." His gaze flickers up to Nymphadora's face and down to her ankles. "And how is her mother?"
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Date: 2007-05-11 12:57 am (UTC)At that, Durkin raises an eyebrow. "We didn't have this problem with young Anthony, did we?" He looks down to consult 'Dora's chart.
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Date: 2007-05-11 01:13 am (UTC)Durkin removes his spectacles and gazes at them.
"I'd like to run a test for something called preeclampsia."
The witch pales. "Wh-really? You mean--"
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Date: 2007-05-12 03:22 am (UTC)Her mouth suddenly dry, 'Dora has to try a couple of times before she can get the words out. "Well, then. Let's do them."
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Date: 2007-05-12 03:34 am (UTC)Chewing his lip, Bernard shifts in his seat. His free hand slips into his pocket to encounter... nothing.
He stopped carrying matches regularly some months ago.
He wishes he had them now.
"Will we have results today, or...?"
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Date: 2007-05-12 03:41 am (UTC)He draws the blood, pressing a cotton swab to her inner elbow, and then spells out a bit of her amniotic fluid.
Watching him go, 'Dora looks down at her belly, at the slightly reddened spot where he cast the spell.
"That kinda tickled."
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Date: 2007-05-12 03:55 am (UTC)He swallows thickly and looks at the ceiling, counting the beams forwards and back.
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Date: 2007-05-12 04:14 am (UTC)Durkin sends the vials off and turns back to regard them.
Regard Bernard.
"Let's not get ahead of ourselves, all right?"
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Date: 2007-05-12 04:22 am (UTC)The Healer picks up the chart and opens the door. "It'll be a few moments. I'll be back with the results as soon as I have them." And then he's gone.
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Date: 2007-05-12 04:41 am (UTC)"Tell me I'm overreacting."
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Date: 2007-05-12 04:42 am (UTC)"I dunno, Bernard. I know it's not uncommon, and that means it's something Healers know how to deal with, but--"
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Date: 2007-05-12 04:56 am (UTC)She smiles, and it's wavering, but it's there.
"But we're having a little girl."
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