Observations and Refections
Note: Still not caught up with Doctor Who, but... the specials may have given me one or two ideas. Some points of business are in order before I get to them, though...
mainly me catching up on the show lol
*vague allusions to captivity and experimentation and mental health distress*
The soft clicks of a sliding number puzzle cut through the silence of the TARDIS’ medical bay.
Well, silent for the Doctor, sitting quietly alongside one of the beds. For the borrower, nestled in the middle of the aforementioned bed, it was less so.
It was far from a distraction for Zepheera, who was concentrating on sliding the tiles around in a square puzzle a little over half as wide and tall as her own height. The ambient noises of people well over a dozen times her size were easy enough to tune out by now. The flow of air in and out of lungs she could probably fit inside of. The gentle rustle of fabric accompanying every shift in position. Every scratch at the skin or swallow or other such absentminded fidget, all background noise that Zepheera was beginning to get used to.
The Doctor had set her up in one of the Time Lord-sized beds days ago, lending her a silky, taupe cravat to wrap up in. Both were softer than anything Zepheera had slept on in half a year, despite the Doctor’s lamenting that it all wasn't necessarily built with someone under 5 inches tall in mind. She was far more anxious, at least at first, about the location. It wasn't all that far off from the lab, but at the same time it did feel…different somehow.
The way the Doctor treated her made all the difference. He spoke gently yet respectfully to her, laying out everything he needed to do in order to check up on her, and always got her consent before moving forward with any of it. Nothing was overly invasive or uncomfortable; it seemed the Doctor went out of his way to find methods of checking her vitals that didn't make her feel like a test subject all over again.
That part didn't take up too much of their time together, which Zepheera was grateful for. In fact, the Doctor seemed even more interested in giving Zepheera small games and puzzles to solve.