Violence Is Never The Answer

I opened a single eye and saw the good doctor crouching beside my bed, a washcloth in his hand as he gently scrubbed at the drying blood. 

"Is the door closed?" I whispered, my voice so soft and weak.

"It is," nodded the doctor. "But you can drop the act. There is no one here but us, and that shit has to be tiring."

"I don't know," I replied with a slight shrug as I closed my eyes again. I wasn't relaxed, not by a long shot. Just because I thought this guy was hot didn't mean that I trusted him. That took a bit of work on his side. "Is it tiring to stay alive?"

The man snorted as he dabbed at the egg on my head, causing me to flinch. "Don't you think living is the most tiring thing of all?" he asked. There was the sound of water being wrung out of the cloth before the cool compress was placed back on my head.