you know the first rule of combat?

"Mostly," Faye considers, thinking back and ticking off the dates on her fingers. If nothing else, the dates stand out thanks in part to the debilitating pain, and in part thanks to the complaints that she hears from Dean's end whenever she's out for the count. "It can be thrown off if I'm feeling a lot of stress, but apparently the bar for stress is pretty high for yours truly."

Pausing for a moment, Faye clarifies. "His brother disappeared recently, the man I'm with," she says, deciding to throw caution in the wind. Might as well have the doctor know which nurse she's talking about. "That's the biggest source of stress lately."