I don't doubt your diagnostic abilities, Dr. House. But let me speed things up for you.
[ He shoots the doctor a gimlet eye, clutching the edge of the table tightly with his right hand. His knuckles re white. ]
I'll tell you the problem is magic. You'll tell me there's no rectal exam for that. [ He then gestures to the file ] Then you'll see that note mentioning how my body absorbed half of the hospital's blood supply during my last visit. You'll take a sample of my blood. You'll stare at the sample under a microscope, then you'll grumble and bitch. Look, Amory Felix wasted my time. But right as you're about to give up, you'll catch sight of that miscreant cell devouring one of my reds. Not just absorbing, devouring. You'll notice more and more. Then you'll tell me I've got a problem. I'll tell you it's nothing you can fix, and that we've just made a pretty fucking circle. Why? Because I'm still in pain.
no subject
[ He shoots the doctor a gimlet eye, clutching the edge of the table tightly with his right hand. His knuckles re white. ]
I'll tell you the problem is magic. You'll tell me there's no rectal exam for that. [ He then gestures to the file ] Then you'll see that note mentioning how my body absorbed half of the hospital's blood supply during my last visit. You'll take a sample of my blood. You'll stare at the sample under a microscope, then you'll grumble and bitch. Look, Amory Felix wasted my time. But right as you're about to give up, you'll catch sight of that miscreant cell devouring one of my reds. Not just absorbing, devouring. You'll notice more and more. Then you'll tell me I've got a problem. I'll tell you it's nothing you can fix, and that we've just made a pretty fucking circle. Why? Because I'm still in pain.