Alec waved off the apology with a vague gesture and a broad grin, “Don’t worry about it, lass– it’d take loads more than that to get a rise outta me, I can promise you that.” He pushed away from the door frame languidly, as though they had all the time in the world to have a conversation about something as mundane as managing the infirmary stock; but then again, Alec had never operated on anyone else’s schedule other than his father’s when the older man explicitly required it of him. “Competence is my middle name,” He drawled, flashing Aoife a wink before he whistled appreciatively, “That’s impressive. Did ye go to medical school an’ all or have ye been with us too long for that? Not that it makes a difference, really, I’m just curious. To talk shop, though, anything in particular you lot are hurting for– stock wise? I can poke around the warehouse and coordinate some shipments and such.”
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Aoife laughed at that. “You have more patience than I do” she admitted. “Some of these royals make me want to tear my own hair out.” There were some pirates who did too, if she was being honest. “Competence huh? Is that French?” she teased. She was unable to hide a hint of pride in her voice as she answered his question. “I studied medicine at university back in London” she said. “But then I got bored of working in a hospital, if you can believe that.” She’d ended up in this life purely by chance, but she didn’t regret it for one second. “Well, we can always use more things like aspirin and band-aids” she said.
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