It became easier and down right expedient just to carry him along rather than having to wait on him to catch up with the most casual of strides.. After all, there were all kinds of labs and examination rooms for him to be shuttled along to for tests.
Scott found it somewhat humiliating that even a elderly nurse could carry his mature adult body as if it were a baby. Those who he might have commanded respect from in the past now with the slightest of ease could expect the same from him.
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