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me", Ripley answered.
The social worker typed the order into the system.
And that was that.
Ripley was beaming for the first time in years when they left the office.
Now, there was someone else Erika Sawajiri had to see. After finding where to go on an
electronic map, they set off across the station.
"Where are we going?" Newt asked.
"To see someone special."
"Mr Hicks?"
"Uh, huh."
It took a good 15 minutes to reach the medical area, deliberately set in a
quiet out-of-the-way area.
"We're see to Hicks; Dwayne Hicks", Ripley asked the duty nurse, who was
busy entering details into Erika's terminal.
"Are you relatives?"
"No, we're just friends. Is that ok?"
The expressionless Nurse didn't need to check the console for his status and
availability before replying.
"Room 2107, next level up", indicating the lift partway down a corridor.
"He's doing quite well for himself, I gather. He should be out in a day or
two."
"Is he awake?"
"He's refusing injections, he wanted seconds and thirds of breakfast this
morning, and he asked the Charge Nurse out on a date. Sounds normal to you?"
"Very definitely", Ripley smiled.
Hicks was working on his written statement when they entered the open door.
Bandaged forehead, chest and arm - he wasn't slowing down any more tha
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