"Aye, Captain," she says, ripping out a salute she's been casually mocking for years, and settles down again. She's almost instantly bored, but then sometimes boredom is also a blessing, and she decides to enjoy the semi-peace. Eventually, listening to Hawkeye do the rounds, she does drift off to sleep.

The next day would be boring as hell if she didn't manage to sweet talk one of the nurses (and a senior one at that - it's nice to have powerful women on your side) into acquiring a book for her, and then spending a long time warning her explicitly off Dr Pierce.

So when evening comes, and she finally gets signed off for ambulant recovery, she pulls on a borrowed shirt and pants and heads out to find this "swamp."