House shuts up, halfway shuts down at what Chase says, confronted as he is with a reminder. Stealing another few months with Wilson had meant so much to House that he had not ignored, but had not even stopped to consider that what he had done might leave others without.
Not the hospital without a doctor - that would have been Foreman's concern.
He had left others without House, had given them little more than the meaningless closure of an abrupt funeral. He had miscalculated his own worth. He'd never thought he'd been worth much, truly. Had never given his own importance any credit outside of professional leverage. He doesn't want to be proved differently now any more than Chase might want to hear that his own religion is idiotic and false.
House swats the case file in his hand down on top the others and turns to face toward the doorway, eyes off Chase.
"I'd make your life hell and you would never get anything important done. You don't need a team. And I don't need your job. Have a good lunch. Think I'll go find the local YMCA equivalent and enjoy my newly-found gainful unemployment by soaking in a whirlpool bath and watching girls too young for me wearing yoga pants run on treadmills. Because I have nothing better to do yet."
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Not the hospital without a doctor - that would have been Foreman's concern.
He had left others without House, had given them little more than the meaningless closure of an abrupt funeral. He had miscalculated his own worth. He'd never thought he'd been worth much, truly. Had never given his own importance any credit outside of professional leverage. He doesn't want to be proved differently now any more than Chase might want to hear that his own religion is idiotic and false.
House swats the case file in his hand down on top the others and turns to face toward the doorway, eyes off Chase.
"I'd make your life hell and you would never get anything important done. You don't need a team. And I don't need your job. Have a good lunch. Think I'll go find the local YMCA equivalent and enjoy my newly-found gainful unemployment by soaking in a whirlpool bath and watching girls too young for me wearing yoga pants run on treadmills. Because I have nothing better to do yet."