Chapter 196: 0196 Ocean – The Doctor Comes To Visit Part 2
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Ocean
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Dr. Malachi had quite the calm look on his face. I don't know about anyone else, but if someone were to tell me that I had to be OK with the fact that I might live for hundreds of years without ever having someone to love, I would tell them to go to hell. I could never do something like that, and I didn't know how he was able to do it either.
I tried to look in his eyes, I tried to see something that told me that he was lying about being OK with his situation. I couldn't, though. I couldn't see anything other than his typical whatever look. He truly didn't seem to care that he just told me he had been alone for over a hundred years.
And now that I thought about it, how old was he going to get? How long do sea dragons live? What kind of abilities did he have? Dammit! I was so fucking curious now. All I wanted to do was ask him a million questions. I wanted to know everything about him and where he came from. I wanted to study him the way that he wanted to study me.
"Let us not dwell on my origins, Ocean. They are not a mystery to anyone. What is a mystery is you and that is what everyone needs to focus on right now." He just crushed my hopes of learning anything else. He just destroyed my newfound dream of understanding a sea dragon.
"I know I am the only male Siren, as far as anyone knows, but how am I a mystery?" I know I was being dense. It was done on purpose right now. I just wanted to hear what he had to say.
"As you said, Ocean, you are the only male Siren that we know about. I am not sure if you were the only one ever born, but I can assure you that you are the only one to ever reach maturity." His words made me remember when I found out what I was. It made me think about how Momma and Dad had told me that the Sirens would murder the ugly babies to preserve the beauty of their people.
Honestly, thinking back on that and having met Brittney in person, I couldn't hardly believe that I was like them in any way. How could I be part of a people that was like that? How could I be anything like them?
And then, those thoughts made me think about how I used to be. Even as recently as the beginning of this school year. I had been so shallow because I had been following the 'ideal' that other people thought was right. I had never even met my Siren family, but I had acted like them for so long. Damn! How did I even have any friends left after the shitty attitude I had?
"Sometimes, I wonder how I even made it to where I am now." I sighed and buried my face in my hands.
"What are you talking about?" I seemed to have surprised Dr. Malachi and made him feel very uncomfortable.
"I used to be so shallow and cared way too much about what people thought of me. I guess I was more like a Siren than I ever thought I was, even with the positive influences in my life." I felt my eyes sting as I fought to stop myself from tearing up. That wouldn't do me any good. I was better than that now, and I would never go back to being like that ever again.
"It's that old debate about nature versus nurture. Sometimes we can't overcome who we were meant to be and sometimes we can. I would say that you are doing quite well for yourself, Ocean. You have genuine friends, a mate that loves you, parents that would do anything for you. You're truly a special guy. And that there, is my honest opinion." It meant a lot to me, it really did. He didn't know that much about me to truly think that, but I was glad that he said it nonetheless.
"Thank you." I smirked but I tried to hide my face so that he wouldn't see it.
"Alright now, enough of that. It's time to figure out the mystery that is Ocean. I wanted to get to the bottom of all of this." Now I could hear nothing but pure excitement in his voice, and he was once again being all intense and intimidating. Geez! This man was nothing but a giant mood swing.
"Do what you need to do, Dr. Malachi. I will be as cooperative as I can be."
"Good, now let us do what I need to do first, and that is give you an exam for the injuries. After that, we will work on the deep mysteries of the 'Ocean'." He laughed at his own stupid joke but I had heard plenty of those growing up so it hadn't phased me.
The injuries he needed to check included my head, where it had been hit as well as where they had cut into my skull to relieve pressure from the fluid gathering there. There was also my ribs, my arm and my shoulder area. I hadn't been hurt in a lot of places, but after my head had been hit hard, it was like everything was taking its toll on me even more.
The first thing that Dr. Malachi checked was my head. I hadn't been wearing any bandages since I got home from the hospital since the wound wasn't open anymore. There was no incision or anything like that causing anything to get worse. It was literally like nothing had happened to me at all. Well, aside from the fact that part of my hair had been cut shorter. I was going to need to get a full hair cut soon so that it didn't look so stupid.
"The wounds on your head are better, but I still want you to be careful for the next couple of days. You hit it pretty hard, and concussions can cause some serious damage." He wasn't looking at my face when he spoke, so I didn't see his face at all. I had to judge by the tone of his voice what he might be thinking when he said that. His voice was calm and even, not emotional or worried at all. Those were all good signs.
"Your shoulder here is already better, you just have a little residual bruising. You will have full motion again by tonight at the latest, if you don't already." He was just continuing on in that same tone of voice that he had used before. Only this time, he was moving my arm all around while he spoke.
"Your wrist is fine, so that is good." Again, he was moving my wrist all about as he spoke and checking the range of motion. "OK, take your shirt off now. I need to see those ribs."
"What? No dinner first? Makai was never so forward." I joked with him. In truth, Makai had been quite eager and insistent, but he did buy me dinner at the hotel and then again after the trip.
"Ha ha. Does your mate know you make those kinds of jokes?" Dr. Malachi didn't look too enthused.
"I've never made them before, so I guess the answer is no." This time when he laughed, it was real.
"HA HA HA HA! That's priceless."
I did what he said after that and took my shirt off. I felt him press around on my chest, feeling the bones beneath.
"They've all healed. No more breaks or cracks. That's good. I don't know what it was that had caused you to get injured so easily, but you are healing like you should."
"So, just another mystery?" I smirked at him.
"The mysteries of the 'Ocean' run deep." Damn him and his jokes. I even laughed that time.
I put my shirt back on after that and the two of us sat across from each other to talk. This was the part of the visit that I knew Dr. Malachi was most looking forward to. He wanted to find out more about me, what differences that I have.
"So, Ocean, tell me." His fingertips were pressed together under his chin as he stared at me.
"Tell you what?" He had to be more specific than that. I didn't know what he wanted me to talk about right now.
"Everything. I need to study you, to research every aspect of your life that I can."
"Hahh." I sighed at the inevitable tediousness that was going to follow. "There really isn't all that much. Aside from when I was found and when I met Makai, I had a pretty normal life."
"Explain it all to me, please." He insisted.. "Tell me about when you were found. What do you know about it?"
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Ocean
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Dr. Malachi had quite the calm look on his face. I don't know about anyone else, but if someone were to tell me that I had to be OK with the fact that I might live for hundreds of years without ever having someone to love, I would tell them to go to hell. I could never do something like that, and I didn't know how he was able to do it either.
I tried to look in his eyes, I tried to see something that told me that he was lying about being OK with his situation. I couldn't, though. I couldn't see anything other than his typical whatever look. He truly didn't seem to care that he just told me he had been alone for over a hundred years.
And now that I thought about it, how old was he going to get? How long do sea dragons live? What kind of abilities did he have? Dammit! I was so fucking curious now. All I wanted to do was ask him a million questions. I wanted to know everything about him and where he came from. I wanted to study him the way that he wanted to study me.
"Let us not dwell on my origins, Ocean. They are not a mystery to anyone. What is a mystery is you and that is what everyone needs to focus on right now." He just crushed my hopes of learning anything else. He just destroyed my newfound dream of understanding a sea dragon.
"I know I am the only male Siren, as far as anyone knows, but how am I a mystery?" I know I was being dense. It was done on purpose right now. I just wanted to hear what he had to say.
"As you said, Ocean, you are the only male Siren that we know about. I am not sure if you were the only one ever born, but I can assure you that you are the only one to ever reach maturity." His words made me remember when I found out what I was. It made me think about how Momma and Dad had told me that the Sirens would murder the ugly babies to preserve the beauty of their people.
Honestly, thinking back on that and having met Brittney in person, I couldn't hardly believe that I was like them in any way. How could I be part of a people that was like that? How could I be anything like them?
And then, those thoughts made me think about how I used to be. Even as recently as the beginning of this school year. I had been so shallow because I had been following the 'ideal' that other people thought was right. I had never even met my Siren family, but I had acted like them for so long. Damn! How did I even have any friends left after the shitty attitude I had?
"Sometimes, I wonder how I even made it to where I am now." I sighed and buried my face in my hands.
"What are you talking about?" I seemed to have surprised Dr. Malachi and made him feel very uncomfortable.
"I used to be so shallow and cared way too much about what people thought of me. I guess I was more like a Siren than I ever thought I was, even with the positive influences in my life." I felt my eyes sting as I fought to stop myself from tearing up. That wouldn't do me any good. I was better than that now, and I would never go back to being like that ever again.
"It's that old debate about nature versus nurture. Sometimes we can't overcome who we were meant to be and sometimes we can. I would say that you are doing quite well for yourself, Ocean. You have genuine friends, a mate that loves you, parents that would do anything for you. You're truly a special guy. And that there, is my honest opinion." It meant a lot to me, it really did. He didn't know that much about me to truly think that, but I was glad that he said it nonetheless.
"Thank you." I smirked but I tried to hide my face so that he wouldn't see it.
"Alright now, enough of that. It's time to figure out the mystery that is Ocean. I wanted to get to the bottom of all of this." Now I could hear nothing but pure excitement in his voice, and he was once again being all intense and intimidating. Geez! This man was nothing but a giant mood swing.
"Do what you need to do, Dr. Malachi. I will be as cooperative as I can be."
"Good, now let us do what I need to do first, and that is give you an exam for the injuries. After that, we will work on the deep mysteries of the 'Ocean'." He laughed at his own stupid joke but I had heard plenty of those growing up so it hadn't phased me.
The injuries he needed to check included my head, where it had been hit as well as where they had cut into my skull to relieve pressure from the fluid gathering there. There was also my ribs, my arm and my shoulder area. I hadn't been hurt in a lot of places, but after my head had been hit hard, it was like everything was taking its toll on me even more.
The first thing that Dr. Malachi checked was my head. I hadn't been wearing any bandages since I got home from the hospital since the wound wasn't open anymore. There was no incision or anything like that causing anything to get worse. It was literally like nothing had happened to me at all. Well, aside from the fact that part of my hair had been cut shorter. I was going to need to get a full hair cut soon so that it didn't look so stupid.
"The wounds on your head are better, but I still want you to be careful for the next couple of days. You hit it pretty hard, and concussions can cause some serious damage." He wasn't looking at my face when he spoke, so I didn't see his face at all. I had to judge by the tone of his voice what he might be thinking when he said that. His voice was calm and even, not emotional or worried at all. Those were all good signs.
"Your shoulder here is already better, you just have a little residual bruising. You will have full motion again by tonight at the latest, if you don't already." He was just continuing on in that same tone of voice that he had used before. Only this time, he was moving my arm all around while he spoke.
"Your wrist is fine, so that is good." Again, he was moving my wrist all about as he spoke and checking the range of motion. "OK, take your shirt off now. I need to see those ribs."
"What? No dinner first? Makai was never so forward." I joked with him. In truth, Makai had been quite eager and insistent, but he did buy me dinner at the hotel and then again after the trip.
"Ha ha. Does your mate know you make those kinds of jokes?" Dr. Malachi didn't look too enthused.
"I've never made them before, so I guess the answer is no." This time when he laughed, it was real.
"HA HA HA HA! That's priceless."
I did what he said after that and took my shirt off. I felt him press around on my chest, feeling the bones beneath.
"They've all healed. No more breaks or cracks. That's good. I don't know what it was that had caused you to get injured so easily, but you are healing like you should."
"So, just another mystery?" I smirked at him.
"The mysteries of the 'Ocean' run deep." Damn him and his jokes. I even laughed that time.
I put my shirt back on after that and the two of us sat across from each other to talk. This was the part of the visit that I knew Dr. Malachi was most looking forward to. He wanted to find out more about me, what differences that I have.
"So, Ocean, tell me." His fingertips were pressed together under his chin as he stared at me.
"Tell you what?" He had to be more specific than that. I didn't know what he wanted me to talk about right now.
"Everything. I need to study you, to research every aspect of your life that I can."
"Hahh." I sighed at the inevitable tediousness that was going to follow. "There really isn't all that much. Aside from when I was found and when I met Makai, I had a pretty normal life."
"Explain it all to me, please." He insisted.. "Tell me about when you were found. What do you know about it?"
~~Ocean~~Dr. Malachi had quite the calm look on his face. I don't know about anyone else, but if someone were to tell me that I had to be OK with the fact that I might live for hundreds of years without ever having someone to love, I would tell them to go to hell. I could never do something like that, and I didn't know how he was able to do it either.I tried to look in his eyes, I tried to see something that told me that he was lying about being OK with his situation. I couldn't, though. I couldn't see anything other than his typical whatever look. He truly didn't seem to care that he just told me he had been alone for over a hundred years.And now that I thought about it, how old was he going to get? How long do sea dragons live? What kind of abilities did he have? Dammit! I was so fucking curious now. All I wanted to do was ask him a million questions. I wanted to know everything about him and where he came from. I wanted to study him the way that he wanted to study me."Let us not dwell on my origins, Ocean. They are not a mystery to anyone. What is a mystery is you and that is what everyone needs to focus on right now." He just crushed my hopes of learning anything else. He just destroyed my newfound dream of understanding a sea dragon."I know I am the only male Siren, as far as anyone knows, but how am I a mystery?" I know I was being dense. It was done on purpose right now. I just wanted to hear what he had to say."As you said, Ocean, you are the only male Siren that we know about. I am not sure if you were the only one ever born, but I can assure you that you are the only one to ever reach maturity." His words made me remember when I found out what I was. It made me think about how Momma and Dad had told me that the Sirens would murder the ugly babies to preserve the beauty of their people.Honestly, thinking back on that and having met Brittney in person, I couldn't hardly believe that I was like them in any way. How could I be part of a people that was like that? How could I be anything like them?And then, those thoughts made me think about how I used to be. Even as recently as the beginning of this school year. I had been so shallow because I had been following the 'ideal' that other people thought was right. I had never even met my Siren family, but I had acted like them for so long. Damn! How did I even have any friends left after the shitty attitude I had?"Sometimes, I wonder how I even made it to where I am now." I sighed and buried my face in my hands."What are you talking about?" I seemed to have surprised Dr. Malachi and made him feel very uncomfortable."I used to be so shallow and cared way too much about what people thought of me. I guess I was more like a Siren than I ever thought I was, even with the positive influences in my life." I felt my eyes sting as I fought to stop myself from tearing up. That wouldn't do me any good. I was better than that now, and I would never go back to being like that ever again."It's that old debate about nature versus nurture. Sometimes we can't overcome who we were meant to be and sometimes we can. I would say that you are doing quite well for yourself, Ocean. You have genuine friends, a mate that loves you, parents that would do anything for you. You're truly a special guy. And that there, is my honest opinion." It meant a lot to me, it really did. He didn't know that much about me to truly think that, but I was glad that he said it nonetheless."Thank you." I smirked but I tried to hide my face so that he wouldn't see it."Alright now, enough of that. It's time to figure out the mystery that is Ocean. I wanted to get to the bottom of all of this." Now I could hear nothing but pure excitement in his voice, and he was once again being all intense and intimidating. Geez! This man was nothing but a giant mood swing."Do what you need to do, Dr. Malachi. I will be as cooperative as I can be.""Good, now let us do what I need to do first, and that is give you an exam for the injuries. After that, we will work on the deep mysteries of the 'Ocean'." He laughed at his own stupid joke but I had heard plenty of those growing up so it hadn't phased me.The injuries he needed to check included my head, where it had been hit as well as where they had cut into my skull to relieve pressure from the fluid gathering there. There was also my ribs, my arm and my shoulder area. I hadn't been hurt in a lot of places, but after my head had been hit hard, it was like everything was taking its toll on me even more.The first thing that Dr. Malachi checked was my head. I hadn't been wearing any bandages since I got home from the hospital since the wound wasn't open anymore. There was no incision or anything like that causing anything to get worse. It was literally like nothing had happened to me at all. Well, aside from the fact that part of my hair had been cut shorter. I was going to need to get a full hair cut soon so that it didn't look so stupid."The wounds on your head are better, but I still want you to be careful for the next couple of days. You hit it pretty hard, and concussions can cause some serious damage." He wasn't looking at my face when he spoke, so I didn't see his face at all. I had to judge by the tone of his voice what he might be thinking when he said that. His voice was calm and even, not emotional or worried at all. Those were all good signs."Your shoulder here is already better, you just have a little residual bruising. You will have full motion again by tonight at the latest, if you don't already." He was just continuing on in that same tone of voice that he had used before. Only this time, he was moving my arm all around while he spoke."Your wrist is fine, so that is good." Again, he was moving my wrist all about as he spoke and checking the range of motion. "OK, take your shirt off now. I need to see those ribs.""What? No dinner first? Makai was never so forward." I joked with him. In truth, Makai had been quite eager and insistent, but he did buy me dinner at the hotel and then again after the trip."Ha ha. Does your mate know you make those kinds of jokes?" Dr. Malachi didn't look too enthused."I've never made them before, so I guess the answer is no." This time when he laughed, it was real."HA HA HA HA! That's priceless."I did what he said after that and took my shirt off. I felt him press around on my chest, feeling the bones beneath."They've all healed. No more breaks or cracks. That's good. I don't know what it was that had caused you to get injured so easily, but you are healing like you should.""So, just another mystery?" I smirked at him."The mysteries of the 'Ocean' run deep." Damn him and his jokes. I even laughed that time.I put my shirt back on after that and the two of us sat across from each other to talk. This was the part of the visit that I knew Dr. Malachi was most looking forward to. He wanted to find out more about me, what differences that I have."So, Ocean, tell me." His fingertips were pressed together under his chin as he stared at me."Tell you what?" He had to be more specific than that. I didn't know what he wanted me to talk about right now."Everything. I need to study you, to research every aspect of your life that I can.""Hahh." I sighed at the inevitable tediousness that was going to follow. "There really isn't all that much. Aside from when I was found and when I met Makai, I had a pretty normal life.""Explain it all to me, please." He insisted.. "Tell me about when you were found. What do you know about it?"
