"Well her reflexes are developing normally" Whale said at the end of Robin's checkup. "I'd say the only issue we have right now is the possibility of diseases such as measles".
"Isn't that what vaccines are for?" Zelena asked, in a testy voice. Whale was preoccupied with trying to keep Robin's hands away from his stethoscope.
"Yes" he said "but I cannot give her too many vaccines too fast, it is too risky. So with her fast development, some vaccines will have to be given when she is further in her development than they are normally given".
"I barely survived whooping cough when I had it at her age" Zelena said, worried.
"But you didn't have a modern doctor around" Whale said, confidently "I have compiled a list of symptoms for you to look for, and I have concocted these chewable pills for her if she gets them. I am obligated to warn you, they aren't approved by any medical board, nobody outside Storybrooke would understand the technology that went into them".
"Are they magic?" Zelena asked.
"Greater than magic" Whale chastised "they use technology from my original realm. Far greater than any magic".
"And I have to take the word of a man who famously defied ethical standards and created zombies" Zelena lamented.
"Do you want the medicine or not?" Whale asked, aggravated.
"Fine!' Zelena said, wickedly barring her teeth "but if it goes wrong, there are worse fates than being attacked by your own monster...like wearing your insides around your neck"
"Threats, really? In front of the child?" Whale scolded.
Zelena knew she needed to be more careful what she said infant of Robin, but refused to admit this to Whale.
"I don't need you to tell me what to say in front of my child" she sneered.
"Apologies" Whale said, insincere "I'm here to worry about her physical development. Let someone else worry about her moral development".