[He thinks it started as headaches but he honestly isn't sure. It wasn't that unusual after Knifehead to wake up with his left shoulder aching, radiating up the side of his neck down to his fingers. Some mornings he'd spent nearly an hour trying to convince his left hand that it was real and working and intact. He knows for sure that those mornings have been coming more frequently for the past six months. It's been nearly three years since Pitfall. It doesn't make sense to blame the new aches and pains on that. He's probably just getting old.
It's nothing.
He knows that's a lie when the nosebleeds start.
He almost doesn't go to the doctor because he isn't stupid. He did pay attention to what happens to the human body when it's around a nuclear powered robot. Raleigh doesn't need anyone to tell him what's happening. The only reason he goes is because he wants a timeline. How long does he have? How bad is it going to get?
He has probably less than a year and it's not going to be pretty.
He keeps quiet for almost a week after the appointment. It isn't that he's trying to hide it from her. Raleigh doesn't want to upset her. The exact moment that goes to shit is in the middle of dinner when she suddenly stops talking and is staring at him like he's a ghost. He doesn't get it for half a second, and then he realizes there's blood dripping from his nose and well--- shit.
Wiping at the blood with his napkin, he doesn't know what else to do or say except:] Mako...
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It's nothing.
He knows that's a lie when the nosebleeds start.
He almost doesn't go to the doctor because he isn't stupid. He did pay attention to what happens to the human body when it's around a nuclear powered robot. Raleigh doesn't need anyone to tell him what's happening. The only reason he goes is because he wants a timeline. How long does he have? How bad is it going to get?
He has probably less than a year and it's not going to be pretty.
He keeps quiet for almost a week after the appointment. It isn't that he's trying to hide it from her. Raleigh doesn't want to upset her. The exact moment that goes to shit is in the middle of dinner when she suddenly stops talking and is staring at him like he's a ghost. He doesn't get it for half a second, and then he realizes there's blood dripping from his nose and well--- shit.
Wiping at the blood with his napkin, he doesn't know what else to do or say except:] Mako...