<strong>Enzo's Clinic</strong><br/><br/>"Of course, Jasmine. Please, come into my office. And you can call me Enzo, or Doctor Enzo if you prefer." Belinda had finished shifting by the time the pair entered, but Enzo directed his patient to one of the comfortable armchairs instead. With another patient, in another mood, he might have ordered them to disrobe for an examination. Maria had a special interest in this one, though, so absolutely no lines were going to be crossed. She wasn't marked formally, but that would hardly be an adequate defense should some harm come to her.<br/><br/>He settled into his own armchair, facing her. "Let me first allay any possible fears you may have. Though the surroundings here are primitive, I am a licensed medical doctor, educated and accredited in the United States. That having been said, our little island paradise has its shares of advantages and demerits. On the positive side, there is no requirement for prescriptions here. I am able to dispense drugs at my discretion, many of which I am able to produce from stock here. Rarer medications may need to be shipped in, which can incur some degree of delay. This shouldn't be an issue for your request, though."<br/><br/>All of this was, of course, a large bundle of lies. Enzo manufactured most of the drugs required, by the simple expedient of having Aliya hold packets of sugar that he then transformed into whatever was required. For most of the patients, slaves and islanders, it was even simpler, as he was able to use the Xantelli gift directly. It was only in cases such as this, with the tourists upon which the Xantelli fortune depended, that he needed to resort to his bag of magician's tricks to maintain the collective illusion.<br/><br/>"I do, however, need to perform at least a rudimentary physical, just to rule out other causes." He picked up a blood pressure cuff and stethoscope  from his instrument table. "I hope that you don't mind." As he placed the inflating restraint around her upper arm, his curiosity prompted him to make conversation. "So I'm given to understand that you had quite the encounter earlier today." He was reading her blood pressure, heart rate, and a thousand other things merely by extending the Power into her, but went through the ingrained motions with the instrument for the sake of believability.<br/>