[ Doctors are awesome, shush! They keep idiots like you from dying of stubbornness! ]

Well, this woulda been over weeks ago if you'd just let me treat you. [ He picks up his medkit from its place on a table in the kitchen and brings it back into the living room. ]

I want to know yer fine. [A ring sure as hell isn't going to put his mind at ease! ] Besides, I gotta pay you back for the crate, and how else do you expect a doctor supposed to pay?

[ He takes out a a squat cylinder about twice the size of Kyle's ring and waves it across the kid. It emits a whirling sound that makes sense to no one but the doctor. ]