He accepted the clothing, looking down at it in some degree of awe. A real uniform! "Can I keep the badge?" It probably wasn't the most appropriate question in the current circumstances, but he couldn't help himself. This was much too exciting.

Her description of an orderly's duties, on the other hand, while a relief in that it sounded like he wouldn't have to be close to injury, did not help his deep-seated fear of the location in which those duties were performed. "Okay..." There was still uncertainty in his tone. He had a feeling he was going to have to fight against himself very hard if he was even going to manage a semblance of belonging in a hospital. "I'll keep trying to go back to the Plane, too, like you said," he added. He wasn't very hopeful it would work.