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[private]

[devoutish]

[Alfie isn't totally sure what "clinically insane" entails in the twenty-first century, but whatever it is, the Joker probably qualifies.]

The man does not have a cool head.

[private]

[nursetemple]

Yeah, what I've seen hasn't given me this impression. Not the kind that can be reasoned with, and takes pleasure in inflicting pain. Unpleasant.

[She makes a face.]

I'll do my best to stay away from him.

[private]

[devoutish]

And if you do see him, you'll pass along this information, yeah?

[private]

[nursetemple]

I can.

[She has no horse in this race. And if he's being followed/monitored by someone, or several people, there is less risk of murders.]

If you are injured, will you let me know? Just so I can help.

[private]

[devoutish]

If I were you, I'd focus on gathering supplies for your practice first.

[private]

[nursetemple]

You're not me. I can multitask.

[private]

[devoutish]

Mm. You'll get along famously with Dr. Watson. He wants to take care of the world, too.

[private]

[nursetemple]

It's a vocation thing, I believe.

[She smiles, gently.]

[private]

[devoutish]

I'm not likely to get hurt. Recklessness isn't part of this plan.

What year are you from? Twenty-first century?

[private]

[nursetemple]

I'm sure it isn't. Things happen, though, and it could be out of your control. Just in case, alright? There's no strings to my offer. If you need help and would rather not ask a friend, I'm around.

[She knows she wouldn't his first port of call, but she's not going to not give him the option.]

2015, yeah.

[private]

[devoutish]

Mm. Have you spoken with Kesara yet? Hsiaoke, on the network.

[His Chinese pronunciation is not very accurate.

[private]

[nursetemple]

No. Should I?

[private]

[devoutish]

You should. Yeah. Do you work in a hospital? Tell her you're allowed to do that sort of thing in the future.

[private]

[nursetemple]

I do work in a hospital, yeah, but - oh.

[Oh.]

I'll talk to her. When is she from?

[Another smile, still gentle. She appreciates the thought.]

You have soft spots.

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[devoutish]

Soft and hard spots, like everyone else in the world. Yes.

[Everyone else in the worlds? Multiverse theory is so weird.]

Mid-nineteenth century, or thereabouts. Little colored girl. Frustrated by her lot in life.

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[nursetemple]

Not everyone is willing to show them, though. [She appreciates that he is - she knows too many gangsters who like to pretend they don't have a care in the world. It's exhausting.]

Not surprising. It's not like everything is fine and dandy nowadays for us, but it's still something for her to be glad for.

[private]

[devoutish]

Mm. You're thinking about the ones who don't have anything behind the front they prop up. All talk, that's what they are.

[Alfie is very secure in his ability to be tough, harsh, and even deadly when he needs to be.]

A woman can be a nurse, in my time. Her time as well, I expect. But you, you would have gone to school for it, yeah? University?

[private]

[nursetemple]

Yes. College, and several certifications after that.

[It's a lot less like war nursing, where pressing bandages to wounds and steady hands to extracting bullets were the best thing they could do.

Although her field nurse work with Matt has made her quite good at that, too.]

You can't really be a nurse in my time without education, but there are several ways to get there. To be fair, back home, you'll need an education for most jobs you want to do.

[private]

[devoutish]

Well, there's the difference. Women aren't educated that much in my time, and less so in hers.

[private]

[nursetemple]

What do you think about it? Educated women?

[private]

[devoutish]

Can't say I've thought about it much before. Are women given their own universities, or do you attend with the men?

[private]

[nursetemple]

I'm sure that there are some universities that don't do co-ed, but most of them mix men and women. It can be a wild ride. Did you go to university?

[private]

[devoutish]

I didn't. But if I had, none of us would have been focusing on our studies with so many women about. Why don't they separate them?

[It just seems like the smarter way to do it to him.]

[private]

[nursetemple]

[She chuckles.]

You're not the only one. The full college experience tends to involve a lot of drunken debauchery.

[Claire takes her time to reply to his question; there are pros and cons to both sides of the argument, after all.]

They're not always separate anymore because it doesn't help anyone in the long run. Men and women should get used to working alongside each other, since we're not separate in the adult world. It helps with social intelligence, too.

[private]

[devoutish]

Right; that's another difference, there. In my day men and women don't socialize with each other as much.

[That's changing a bit, but his 1920s British world is still very much a "men with men, women with women" place in a lot of respects.]

It sounds as if in the future, there's not much difference between men and women at all.