Jackson scowls at the other doctor for that remark, resenting him all the more for the fact that he is keeping him from his own duty to Drake. It feels like a violation, to have someone else tend to him.

"I do not need to be still," he complains, and rashly tries to remove himself from the bed. His right leg, however, has other ideas, sending agony screaming through him when he tries to move it. The pain is enough to silence even Homer Jackson.