Not like he had anyone else to call, right? Yes there were technically other doctors on the ship, but he had the most faith in Bones out of all of the, and he would only trust Bones with this particular issue. Scratch or scrape, let one of the others slap a band on him and heal his broken bones. This? This he couldn't bear to let anyone else see.

"Worse?" he asked, voice rising in a whine. "Fuck I don't think I can even think about food or water...How do they not have something to make this just stop by now?" he growled.

There was a sure thing he knew would make it stop - being bred. But he wasn't a general part of the crew, to ask a friend to ease it. He could ask Bones, had thought about it even - was this close to just jumping him in fact.

"You don't have a miracle up your sleeve for me?" he asked, trying his best to crack a grin.