Uala retrieved the datapad so xe could double-check the file, because this specimen was acting… erratic? A manner xe associated more with drugged mammals than with healthy ones. They were supposed to wait until the drugs wore off to bring them to xem, because drugs messed with xyr data. Useless timestamps, notes xe didn't need…
Oh. 'Keep drugged or restrained.' Okay. 'Dangerous.' Hm.
«Did you bite an intern?» xe asked suspiciously. «I'm sure they deserved it,» xe said, trying to sound optimistic. They'd been too rough, probably. Uala was nice. This was going okay, so far. Better than xe'd expected with a specimen bigger than xe was.
No point taking any fluid samples until later, then. «You're feeling very talkative,» xe said, though xe'd hardly call it talking. Tuneless animal sounds signifying nothing. They were getting higher in pitch, but they were looking more anxious rather than less. «Are you supposed to sound angry?» xe wondered. «Are you from a whole species of grumpy, less-furry keph?» Xe came closer, hesitating and tilting xyr head to the side as they bared teeth at xem. Teeth, definitely, and not a beak behind those lips.
«No biting,» xe warned, because xe didn't want to have to get the muzzle out. Xe very tentatively reached out a gloved tentacle to touch that fluff again, but it wasn't really the same through plastic. Xe buzzed in disappointment.
Xe let go to retrieve a small light and a scanner out of the cart, and grabbed a waterpouch while xe was at it. «Did they give you water? Do I need to put this in a bowl?» Xe offered the straw to hold in their mouth while xe worked. Another tentacle still scrolled the datapad, looking for information on keph. It was a starting point, right?
Holding up the light, xe pointed it a little to the side of those eyes to see if the pupils would dilate appropriately. Round pupils rimmed with brown, moving the light in figure-eights to see if they'd follow. «Are you a boy, or a girl?» xe wondered. «If you're like a keph, you're one or the other.» Turning the light off, xe watched for how long it would take their pupils to go back to where they'd been. «Maybe a girl? Very dull coloration. Except for those legs.»
Oh. 'Keep drugged or restrained.' Okay. 'Dangerous.' Hm.
«Did you bite an intern?» xe asked suspiciously. «I'm sure they deserved it,» xe said, trying to sound optimistic. They'd been too rough, probably. Uala was nice. This was going okay, so far. Better than xe'd expected with a specimen bigger than xe was.
No point taking any fluid samples until later, then. «You're feeling very talkative,» xe said, though xe'd hardly call it talking. Tuneless animal sounds signifying nothing. They were getting higher in pitch, but they were looking more anxious rather than less. «Are you supposed to sound angry?» xe wondered. «Are you from a whole species of grumpy, less-furry keph?» Xe came closer, hesitating and tilting xyr head to the side as they bared teeth at xem. Teeth, definitely, and not a beak behind those lips.
«No biting,» xe warned, because xe didn't want to have to get the muzzle out. Xe very tentatively reached out a gloved tentacle to touch that fluff again, but it wasn't really the same through plastic. Xe buzzed in disappointment.
Xe let go to retrieve a small light and a scanner out of the cart, and grabbed a waterpouch while xe was at it. «Did they give you water? Do I need to put this in a bowl?» Xe offered the straw to hold in their mouth while xe worked. Another tentacle still scrolled the datapad, looking for information on keph. It was a starting point, right?
Holding up the light, xe pointed it a little to the side of those eyes to see if the pupils would dilate appropriately. Round pupils rimmed with brown, moving the light in figure-eights to see if they'd follow. «Are you a boy, or a girl?» xe wondered. «If you're like a keph, you're one or the other.» Turning the light off, xe watched for how long it would take their pupils to go back to where they'd been. «Maybe a girl? Very dull coloration. Except for those legs.»
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