"Why? Because you say so?" Amber challenged, raising her eyebrows. He'd asked for her support, but siding with him just because he made her horny was not going to happen. She disagreed and she wouldn't let him do as he pleased just because it made his ego feel better, especially since it’d be worse to be proven wrong after fucking with Casey.
"Yeah, it's not as if you haven't been wrong today," Brennan said. Amber transferred her do-not-mess-with-me gaze to him-- what was he so smug about? Disagreeing was the point of a differential, but he didn't need to gloat. Not over her Eric. Was this what Eric meant about Brennan not working with the team? Brennan shrank back like a scolded child.
But the cold bucket Amber threw over Brennan did not seem to affect the rest of the group. "I think what they're trying to say," Cole jumped in, "is that none of us can be a hundred percent sure. We should check before we put her through more treatments that don’t apply to her."
"Yeah, if we go with the wrong treatment, we could make the real problem worse," Kutner said. He mimed some thing with his hands that looked like flames, though who the hell knew what that was supposed to mean.
"And running some tests won't hurt her," Thirteen said.
Taub didn't say anything, but he was nodding along. Amber almost felt bad for Eric, it was all of them against him-- maybe this was why he'd asked for support. But this job wasn't about playing nice, it was about results. Eric could ask for respect, and of course Amber did-- wouldn't have gone anywhere near him if she didn't. But she wouldn't trust his opinion blindly, either.
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"Yeah, it's not as if you haven't been wrong today," Brennan said. Amber transferred her do-not-mess-with-me gaze to him-- what was he so smug about? Disagreeing was the point of a differential, but he didn't need to gloat. Not over her Eric. Was this what Eric meant about Brennan not working with the team? Brennan shrank back like a scolded child.
But the cold bucket Amber threw over Brennan did not seem to affect the rest of the group. "I think what they're trying to say," Cole jumped in, "is that none of us can be a hundred percent sure. We should check before we put her through more treatments that don’t apply to her."
"Yeah, if we go with the wrong treatment, we could make the real problem worse," Kutner said. He mimed some thing with his hands that looked like flames, though who the hell knew what that was supposed to mean.
"And running some tests won't hurt her," Thirteen said.
Taub didn't say anything, but he was nodding along. Amber almost felt bad for Eric, it was all of them against him-- maybe this was why he'd asked for support. But this job wasn't about playing nice, it was about results. Eric could ask for respect, and of course Amber did-- wouldn't have gone anywhere near him if she didn't. But she wouldn't trust his opinion blindly, either.