There is nothing to apolgize for, Vakama. I understand your concern and everyone else's, but--I do not want to push our number any further than today already has, and this is not so severe an injury that it can not wait.

[He sighed, setting the notebook aside and pushing his hair ut of his face--how the hell had he put up with it like this for months, now that he thought about it?]

I have been in much worse pain, and for longer. One night in moderate discomfort is not a catastrophe.