Anne lightly rolls her eyes. "Everybody has a price. But it is of no matter, I see no doctors lurking in the shadows, ready to lunge upon us as if we were nothing but helpless deer."

With her free hand, she reaches out to him, stopping just short. She doesn't want to hurt the Once-ler more! Was he just a deer in his confrontation, or was there a beast hidden in there somewhere? She hoped so, for it would be a shame not to give as good as you got.

"Who hurt you?"