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"What the hell happened to you?"
Guppy's been getting a bit sick of this question. But this is his boss, so he can't just ask him to go away.
"I walked into a door." he says, unconvincingly. He doesn't expect Harry to believe that. He doesn't expect anybody here to. It's almost a code phrase around here for 'somebody hit me but I can't or won't tell you who'. He fiddles with the strand of hair that he tried to cover it up with and can't make eye contact.
Harry looks down at him worriedly. This isn't like Guppy. When he had problems before, he wasn't afraid to say who had hurt him. He studies his SHO closely, looking for some kind of clue.
"Let's have a look at it then." he says eventually, ignoring Guppy's insistance that he is 'fine' and taking him into a cubicle. It's an ordinary bruise, a slightly odd shape but there is no real damage. Satisfied that he's not badly hurt, Harry lets him go and Guppy gets back to work.
Harry stares after him, then goes off in search of Abs, who he is hoping has more information.

"Well it wasn't a door."
"I think I knew that. Did you notice anything last night?"
This is a slightly silly question. Harry knows perfectly well that Abs is a psychiatric nurse and doesn't miss anything.
"Apart from the fact that somebody has blatently beaten the crap out of him, yes. Firstly the bruise suggests he was hit twice. He's been grabbed around the wrist and throat and there's a graze on his arm, presumably from being knocked down. And it doesn't look like he fought back. I looked at his hands when he came in, and there were no signs that he hit or even struggled with his attacker."
"A mugging?" Harry asks, seeing as Abs had one recently. Or at least Harry thinks he did. Abs has one or two even more dangerous enemies than Guppy has. Abs shakes his head.
"I don't think so. It could be, but wouldn't he be reporting it if it was a mugging? If I didn't live with him I'd say it was domestic violence, but it can't be. Nina and I certainly wouldn't, and didn't lay a finger on him."
Harry frowns. Abs is pretty perceptive about these things, but this information is confusing. He decides he needs to think about it.
"Well thankyou Abs. Please keep an eye on him for me, won't you? With a bit of coaxing he might talk to you." He shakes his head, wondering how Guppy manages to get into these messes.
"Sure, don't worry Harry. He's not a kid, he knows what he's doing I expect."
"My eldest daughter is about his age."
The two part, each keeping their eye on Guppy separately, and both at a loss to work out what happened.

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I did summarise Monday but something weird happened to it whilst I was summarising tuesday and I'm too lazy/busy to do it again.

Tuesday 28th June: Guppy's in for a coffee break. He talks to Ray about Mitzi's egg and dinosaurs. He talks to Andres about the health service. He then has a very strange conversation with Barry about the karaoke machine in which they contemplate whether it can manipulate people's brains and has access to every piece of music in every world. Finally he talks to Gil, for whom he finds a teaspoon. He procrastinates for a bit then tells the truth about his eye. Gil offer to come with Guppy to Holby, which Guppy accepts gratefully. Then his mun has to go and catch a bus, so he is bleeped in the first three conversations. Gil and Guppy discover that someone or something has let his father's tyres down. When Jas comes along Gil poses as a mechanic, and steps in when Jas threatens Guppy for deflating the tyres. (slowtimed) In the evening Mitzi does a bit of socialising and finds Captain Jack and Mikage.