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[A woman comes on the video with a smile, and she's sitting in one of the lounges, looking relaxed. Well, mostly relaxed, every so often, her thumb brushes across the new mark on her palm. Following the lines of the snake eating it's own tail, she's done it so often now she can do it without looking. Her voice is normal though, despite the fidgeting.]

Hello. For those who didn't meet me yet, I'm Martha Jones, and I'm a doctor. If you've need of one, you can always come to me. [In case you don't want to see the people in the medical center is what Martha means.]

[Private to Snape.]

Why'd you request me? I didn't even think you'd liked me very much.

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Please believe that I've got more skills than I seem like I do, yeah?

[There's some of the emotion that she'd been avoiding in this statement, a quiet yearning for him to believe her.]

[He studies her, all amusement and snark gone from his demeanor now.]

Doctor, all mockery aside, I would not have requested you if I didn't believe you were capable.

So why did you. Honestly.

[That is...an awkward question.

He still isn't quite sure how much about his current state he wants to tell her - but he did trust her enough to request her, at least as a medical professional.]

I think your education is a valid enough reason for now. I need a doctor as much as I need a Sentinel.

[Fair enough, if that's what he wants to go with, then Martha will go into doctor mode.]

How is the wound on your neck?

No longer smelling strongly of antiseptic. I unsure whether that means anything to you.

[You know, as close as it is to his face and all, the antiseptic smell doesn't go unnoticed when it's in abundance.]

What do the doctors in the clinic say? Are you still seeing them?

I have little choice in the matter - unless you care to have me contacting you at all hours about my condition.

Do they seem to have some expertise in the matter?

[Magical snake bites and all of that.]

No. I am, at the moment, an enigma to them, and they are delighting in prodding me with varying sizes of needles.

But I am alive, which is more than can be said for the ability of the Healers in my world.

Next time you go in, I'll come with you, if you'd like. That way I can talk to them and make sure they aren't doing anything you don't need.

I'm sure they'll be thrilled to have yet another voice of dissent during my appointments.

[Sorry Snape, here comes another quick and easy grin.]

Well, they can't really argue given my job now is to protect you.

You don't think there's a bit of a conflict, protecting me from doctors?

[Honestly...he's glad to have someone on his side.]

Aren't I supposed to protect you from everything?

I didn't realize that included medical care.

It includes everything, Mr. Snape.

[A beat.]

Obviously.

I take it that you intend to accept the assignment, then?

Of course. You asked for me, and I'd rather have someone who wants me than doesn't.

[That would be awkward as hell.]

As with so many aspects of one's life, I imagine.

[He is still very much hooked on the idea that she was rejected by some man recently.

And still very curious how that ties in with time travel.]

Of course, no one likes to be someone's last choice, do they?

[He's not exactly wrong; he's just got his timeframe off is all.

It's been a bit since her and the Doctor stopped traveling with one another, but less time for her and Tom.]

[He cants his head slightly, though a flicker of emotion - frustration and nostalgia - passes through his expression. He knows she's right, but he doesn't know how he knows that.

Lily, he assumes. Lily is a good answer for anything he can't quite recall.]

I suppose not.

[A beat.]

Perhaps you ought to call me 'Severus' instead of 'Mr. Snape'.

[For a moment, Martha is quiet, because she didn't expect the invitation to call him Severus to come this soon, if at all. Really, she had been working to resign herself to simply calling him Snape or the like, rather than giving him an honorific.

But she offered a smile and a nod of her head.]

Allright. But only if you call me Martha.

[Considering the fact that she wants this to be reciprocal familiarity, he's a little unsure suddenly.]

I...may resort to calling you 'Doctor'.

Then Mr. Snape it is.

[There's that chin thing again, Snape, because she's stubborn as hell.]

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