Lucas considered it.

“Stiff, mostly.

My left hip locks up when it’s cold.

I get headaches if I haven’t slept.

Some days I have to sit down after walking a block.”

She asked about medications, old surgery records, and hearing trouble that might have come after the explosion at the plant.

She listened when he explained that certain sounds brought back moments he couldn’t fully remember.

Nothing she asked suggested he had to earn care by reliving his worst day at the factory.