closed to stephen strange + viktor.

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FORM: Sending crystal.
SENDER: Madame de Cedoux
RECIPIENT: Viktor + Dr Strange
NOTES: Discussion of amputation will follow.
references: wysteria broaches it, discussing with marcus + julius, seeking medical advice.

( madame de cedoux’s voice is particular, recognisable: pleasant, measured, her accent ever so slightly off-orlais, the diction and cadence of her speech always that little bit more clipped and cut-glass than is commonplace in the halls of orlesian power. still, it is habit to begin, )

This is Madame de Cedoux,

( despite the fact they can almost certainly hear, immediately, that it is. )

I am contacting you — both — regarding the matter of future amputation of my anchor-shard, as I have previously discussed with Madame de Fonce and Dr Strange. believe it would be appropriate and, I can only assume, useful to begin planning for a prosthesis whilst I have a healthily attached limb for comparison…? It seems to me that this would dictate, somewhat, the time frame of proceeding, and— well, particularly considering recent events it seems increasingly absurd to delay the matter further.

Madame de Fonce had offered me, at one point, the lend of her own. It was not my wish, but I understand that the work done on it was particular.

Comments

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( The Doctor has tuned out a little, only half-listening to the ebb-and-flow of the rest of the conversation as the others discussed the mechanical design of the prosthetic. Quite possibly he’d stopped to have a sandwich. There’s a moment where he experiences a disoriented stab of alarm at Viktor’s words — what, tomorrow for chopping it off?? — but then de Cedoux keeps talking, and he sees what they mean. He chews his sandwich. Swallows the bite so he won’t sound quite so muffled. )

Yes, of course. I’m free tomorrow, although I suspect Viktor will be more useful at this point; my part comes later.

I’ll start reaching out to some of our external Healer contacts as well, to see if I can have one on standby. In case Enchanter Isaac is indisposed, when it comes time.

( You never know. God laughs, etc. )

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Or unwilling, ( a frank acknowledgment of a real possibility. forcing his hand in an emergency and receiving his willing assistance are two different things, and she’s not unfamiliar with the considerations that the enchanter is likely to navigate for his own part. )

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( wistfully, mostly joking, sort of: ) I miss bossing around colleagues and having them actually listen to me.

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I often think fondly of my armed forces, but needs must.

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( This time, it’s his turn to be surprised into an approving laugh. )

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See to it that your vetting process is rigorous, Doctor. We cannot risk anything less.

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( Dryly, a little tired— there’s no real bite to his voice, but he is perhaps still thinking and stewing over how poorly it had gone last time: )

I’m well-aware.