After a short while Turval left Marcus room as the exhausted ranger once more slipped into an untroubled sleep. He had much to digest from his talk with the recovering man. They had covered many subjects; from things Marcus had seen and done his family and Arisa. They had even discussed Sinclair's departure, but Marcus had stonewalled every attempt he had made to discuss the reason for his final action.
Captain Susan Ivanova.
I don't have enough information on this woman. I will need to talk to Delenn, and then maybe I will be able to help him.
"Sech Turval!"
Turval turned to find the young human doctor he had met before, watching him with concern. It was then he realised that during his musings he had been standing still in the middle of the Medlab.
" I am quite fine Doctor," he assured her with a pleasant smile. "I was just…what is that term Sheridan uses?…ah! Yes, woolgathering."
Lillian smiled too. She liked this Minbaris attitude, maybe he would be open to her request.
"Turval do you have a moment to discuss Marcus case?" she asked hopefully.
"But of course Doctor Hobbs," he replied curious as to what she required from him.
"Good then lets go to my office," she announced relieved that he was willing to talk.
Once seated though Lillian was unsure of the best way to begin, so decided to go with the direct approach.
"I know that you are here to help Marcus with some of his emotional issues, but I am not sure how that is to be done. So I thought we should talk to guarantee that we aren't working at cross purposes." She explained.
Turval nodded slowly. "Yes I agree that that would be a good strategy. Unfortunately our laws prevent me from discussing anything Marcus divulges at this time to anyone without his consent. Not even Entilzha Delenn."
"Hmm. I had a feeling there would be a confidentiality clause in there some where," Hobbs sighed. " What do you think are my chances of getting him to let me in?"
"At present not good I'm afraid," Turval replied sadly, taking in the concern on the young woman's face. "For now he is only letting me in part of the way and that's not without a fight."
"I thought that might be the case. It's just that he wants to begin his Physio…sorry his Physical therapy. And I really don't have a medical reason to say no. His body and brain are co operating well and his read outs show him to be healthy."
"And you have concerns about this action?"
"Physio brings a lot of volatile emotions to the surface and I'm not sure if he's ready to face them. He is doing incredibly well Turval but it is still early days. Who knows if he will be able to do all the things he could before, especially with this ache he has in his lower spine."
"And Marcus being Marcus will not be pleased with anything less than one hundred percent." Turval sighed seeing the doctor's problem. "I should have known he would push himself to the edge. Explain to me what form this Physio …?"
His question was halted by a loud angry voice shouting nearby.