[Nadine doesn't immediately respond. She purses her lips and stirs the eggs. She doesn't want to push, she doesn't want to make things worse, but this can't go on. For Julie's own health.]

Okay.

[She finally speaks before she puts out the fire with a few muttered words and begins to dish herself up a plate. She takes it to the table and sits, but ignores it for the moment.]

I'm not going to push food on you, but we've got to get something nourishing in you. And I'm saying this as both someone who loves you and a doctor.

[Or close enough to one. In all but official title, and even then, plenty call her 'Dr. Cross' anyway.]

Would you consider trying some liquid options? We can do it relatively minimally, I've got a literal bag of tricks for this kind of thing. I know you need to deal with things in your own time, and I am not going to rush you on that. But...

[But something needs to be done, health-wise.]