Bruce half-smiled. "I'm a doctor too." And he usually knew better than to trust any doctors to be honest, but here he was. As far as he could tell none of the inhabitants of this place was actively aggressive or dangerous. It was the rest of the situation that was. He was the opposite of trusting ordinarily. "Sometimes a people doctor." He'd been one out of necessity in places who needed one, and he had plenty of the education leading up to it, but no real license.

He chuckled at the joke, although it wasn't easy through the strain. "Did you hear oxygen went on a date with potassium? It went OK." Bruce used to collect them specifically to make Betty laugh. She had a great laugh. The corniest jokes the better.