IC Contact (Snowblind)

[rubikscomplex]

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[armoured]

I guess it started when my brother died.

[That's not a lie, at least. He's been feeling this way for a long time, it's only in the last week or so that he's begun to pull out of it.]

[rubikscomplex]

[There's a rather long delay before House replies.]

how much do you weigh, elric?
i can get you meds faster if i just prescribe them to you

[armoured]

[Why the delay, House?]

I'm not sure exactly, I've never really weighed the armour before...

[rubikscomplex]

[Because he was weighing whether or not he should act like a real grown-up doctor, okay?]

how much did you weigh when you were a human?

[armoured]

I don't know exactly, but I guess the last time I saw my body it probably weighed about sixty pounds.

[Weird that his weight as a human has now come up twice in such short succession.]

[rubikscomplex]

[On the low end of average for a 10-year-old, but still acceptable.]

i can put you on fluoxetine
10 mg/day
it's one of the most commonly prescribed antidepressants
and has a regular dosage for kids
bupropion doesn't have a standard for someone in your weight class

[armoured]

[Oh, wait. He may have made a mistake here.]

I'm not really a kid, I've got to be nearly sixteen by now.

[He needs an adult one if he's going to pass it on to Clint.]

Besides, my body here weighs more and is much bigger than my real body.

[rubikscomplex]

[There's a long pause on House's end as he realizes how dumb it is he was actually starting to believe this kid.]

you know, lelly, i don't see many drug addicts jonesing for antidepressants
and i'm gonna guess they don't even exist in your world in any meaningful way
so who're these really for so I can prescribe the right dosage and get it to them directly?

[armoured]

They're for me.

[He's not that bad of an actor when it matters, and he sounds mildly indignant now.]

I just wasn't sure a child's dose would work. You're basing it on the weight of a body I don't even have here.

[rubikscomplex]

get a second opinion, then
god knows we've got enough bleeding heart doctors around here
i'm prescribing a child's dose or nothing

[armoured]

Okay, fine. I guess a child's dose is better than nothing.

[He can tell Clint to take two or something.]

[rubikscomplex]

[He still doesn't trust you, Al.]

fine
i'll put in the script

[armoured]

...Thanks, Dr. House.

[It'll have to do.]

I'll talk to you again soon. [Is that a threat or a promise?]