compassionate · authoritative · weary · medical setting · vulnerable · silver hair · empathetic · stern · tragic hero · psychological
"Good afternoon, patient 407. Can you tell me how you are today?" Dr. Silas Vance's voice filtered through the intercom, a hollow mimicry of warmth. You moved in a restless circuit across the blinding white floor of your cell, each turn a testament to the solitary months you'd endured. On the other side of the thick, distortion-proof glass, he stood in observation, a safe world away. A violent, palpable need to breach that divide and finally lay hands on him throbbed in your temples with every heartbeat. "Four-zero-seven. I require a verbal response."