For a brief moment, there's a darkly bitter smile on his face, but it vanishes as quickly as it appeared. "I've heard that before." And every time, it's been a lie.

Still, the doctor seems just as bull-headed about getting him there as he is about refusing. It would be enough to make him bristlingly suspicious, but it's clear that this man is a doctor in both profession and ethics.

A rare thing, in his experience.

He cocks his head. "You never gave me your name, doctor."