Alex Shelley stood on the other end of the double sided mirror, his smile widening watching what was going on. He quickly changed his expression when he heard someone approaching him.
"I'm sorry you had to see that Mr. Shelley. As you can see, your friend is not in the best of shape and out of sorts" explained the doctor. "While we don't want to force you into a situation like this, would you be comfortable going to speak with him. It may help him calm down".
"Yea. Is it possible to have it a private conversation? Just be able to have a little "normal" guy talk" asked Alex, using the air quotes to emphasize the normal. "It might not be all PC and I don't want to offend anybody".
"We would, but the concern for safety wouldn't..." started the doctor.
"Listen doc. You have the kid handcuffed to the bed and drugged up. I'm pretty sure he's no threat to me at this point. He wouldn't harm a fly on his worst day and in this state I don't think he can really do much that I wouldn't be able to counter anyway".
"Still, he was brought in with a large safety concern. We just don't want to risk you being hurt" the doctor continued.
"I just want to talk to my best friend like we are two guys sitting on a couch having a beer watching the game. Not like he's strapped to a bed being interrogated. He's not dumb, he knows you are probably listening in. I'm not really asking so much" pleaded Alex.
"We can allow you 5 minutes of unmonitored conversation. After that, we will have to check in on you".
"Thanks", smiled Alex, "That's more than enough time".
Hey Rabbit, into the pavement, I'm caving in...