He’s relieved when Kurloz listens to him, when he squeezes his hand back and tries to lie back down. Sam knows this is gonna be rough, but it’ll be easier if he’s not also having to fight his friend off because he keeps trying to do it himself.
As they talk, he keeps his focus on what he’s doing - right up until Kurloz calls him a hypocrite. “I got patched up days ago,” he snaps back in response to that. “I was trying to be responsible and not pull my damn stitches.” He doesn’t directly argue the ‘hypocrite’ part, because technically, he is. Sam’d stitched up his own leg when he’d gotten injured, but that’s different.
He’s snapping at him mostly to try to keep his attention. It’s obvious something’s getting to him, especially when he claws at his mouth like that, but Sam can’t take Kurloz’s hand and make him gentle his touch like he had the last time he’d done something like that. Not when he’s busy stitching him up as fast and secure as he can.
“Not a problem, man.” Sam finishes off another stitch and looks back up. “We want it kicking in as fast as possible, so go for a vein. In humans the easiest place to find one’d be the back of the hand, underside of the forearm, or the crook of the elbow. Sterilize the spot, make sure there’s no air bubbles in the syringe, then just stick in at an angle and press down. Assuming this works like morphine, though, ain't a big deal if you miss. It'll take a minute or two longer, but it'll still work. When you pull it back out, go the same angle you went in and make sure you got a bandage ready to put on it.”
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As they talk, he keeps his focus on what he’s doing - right up until Kurloz calls him a hypocrite. “I got patched up days ago,” he snaps back in response to that. “I was trying to be responsible and not pull my damn stitches.” He doesn’t directly argue the ‘hypocrite’ part, because technically, he is. Sam’d stitched up his own leg when he’d gotten injured, but that’s different.
He’s snapping at him mostly to try to keep his attention. It’s obvious something’s getting to him, especially when he claws at his mouth like that, but Sam can’t take Kurloz’s hand and make him gentle his touch like he had the last time he’d done something like that. Not when he’s busy stitching him up as fast and secure as he can.
“Not a problem, man.” Sam finishes off another stitch and looks back up. “We want it kicking in as fast as possible, so go for a vein. In humans the easiest place to find one’d be the back of the hand, underside of the forearm, or the crook of the elbow. Sterilize the spot, make sure there’s no air bubbles in the syringe, then just stick in at an angle and press down. Assuming this works like morphine, though, ain't a big deal if you miss. It'll take a minute or two longer, but it'll still work. When you pull it back out, go the same angle you went in and make sure you got a bandage ready to put on it.”