[quote=@AnaSilan Sunja]
Shinah shifted to get a better look at Dr. Ferguson's ward, blinking. "Uh, no thanks, Dr. Ferguson; Any meds I could take end up messing with my abilities, and I might shift by accident." He rubbed at his eyes again with a grimace. "I'll head down to Dr. McCoy with you though, man. It's a good idea to get further out of range. Doubt he's got anything for me though." He grinned. "I'm not gonna wear a helmet like Erik." He flinched and tiled his head. "Like Professor Lehnsherr." He corrected himself.

You spend holidays with the guy and are still expected to call him professor as a default. Shinah shrugged mentally. What can you do.
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Jose walked down the hall to the elevator, holding the door for the other boy when it opened, and pressed the button to go down to Sublevel One, where the labs were.  When the doors opened he walked down the hall and, making sure that the warning light wasn't on, opened the door to Dr. McCoy's lab.  [i]Hello Doctor,[/i] he said and the furry blue man looked up from his computer screen.

"Hello Jose, Shinah," he said.  "I take it you two are here to see if I've made any progress reverse engineering Eric's helmet?"  Jose nodded and Dr. McCoy continued.  "I've made some progress.  The technology is proving difficult to adapt, despite the fact that it was created in the 1960s. You'd think I'd be able to do something with it, but the manufacturing process eludes me.  Every time I think I've achieved a viable prototype, I find that it isn't completely effective either.  I did create these, however."  He lifted two [url=https://gigaom.com/wp-content/uploads/sites/1/2014/01/screen-shot-2014-01-16-at-3-28-17-pm.png]devices[/url] from one of his tables.  Jose placed it on his head and the roar of voices became a background whisper.  "You are free to take those with you, if you like.  I know they aren't perfect, but they should help with your headaches."

[i]"Thank you",[/i] said Jose.

"You'll have to speak up." Dr. McCoy responded.  "I didn't quite get that."

[i]"Thank you,"[/i] Jose said again, louder.

"Oh, you're welcome." responded Dr. McCoy.