Dee was completely relieved when he disappeared back inside the bus, so much so that he just let himself collapse on the pavement.

Minoru stepped over and crouched down. "well, I was gonna ask if you'd be okay for a few minutes while I make sure Choko gets her chair back. But I guess the last thing you want right now is to be the center of attention, huh."

"I can't do it..."

"Yeah, I know how high you can lift your legs on a good day." Minoru sighed.

He knew he should hold Dee to his threat, but at the same time, he knew when enough was enough. That was a lesson Gloria had to help him figure out with Dee's normal routines. Doing too much too soon was an easy way to backpedal.

"I won't make you fail in front of everybody. You need to cool down just as much as Damien does. The way you feel about medical stuff? That's how he feels when he hears you say Ministry. I know it's just metaphors to you, but in case you haven't noticed, it's way too close to some really bad shit he went through. There's places you don't want to go back to, yeah? Don't take him to places he doesn't want to go back to."

Minoru picked up the singer.

"Let's get you back to your bunk. We'll talk about plans for learning how to use your actual chair when you have your session this afternoon."

Dee nodded weakly. "..o..okay..."