If having someone in xyr suite was strange, having someone in xyr living quarters was infinitely stranger. Logically, if Roan was going to still be in xyr care when xe was sleeping, xe was going to have to keep him somewhere. Xyr original plan had been to keep him locked in the box he'd come in, but he seemed very opposed to that idea. But letting him wander into xyr room… no. Xe just couldn't. If he were just some cute fluffy mammal, maybe, but not a person.
The fact that he got so nervous every time xe touched his clothes did not help matters at all. What did he think xe was trying to do? Xe'd tried to reassure him that xe wasn't trying anything… untoward. Apparently he had been thoroughly traumatized. Xe supposed xe might feel the same way.
He also hesitated to get on the table, perhaps for the same reason. Which was much less explicable. "Uala a'ish," xe agreed. «What could I even do with you on a table?» xe asked, mostly to xyrself.
… except his species probably mated very differently. So maybe they could do something on a table, where he was from.
Goodness.
His skin brushed xyrs, and xe withdrew xyr tentacles with a faint flush of green around xyr eyes.
Best not to think about that kind of thing. This was purely scientific. Very scientific. Xe'd examined plenty of specimens before, more thoroughly than this. Xe just had to try and ignore the fact that he was a person. Was all.
Easy.
"Novae?" xe attempted, because he seemed to say that a lot. Maybe xe was wrong – maybe that was his apology word. Maybe he had many apology words. Maybe his people were very polite, because otherwise they would all kill each other with their many enormous muscles. «Here, you're going to have to… hm.» Gently xe coaxed him into a different position so that he could lie down, easier and safer than the alternative. «I'll try not to take too long, okay?» Xe patted cautiously at his skin to encourage him to stay lying there, brushing stray strands of hair from his face before it occurred to xem that xe possibly shouldn't.
Science. Yes. There was science to be doing.
Xe retrieved another set of gloves to sheath xyr tentacles, since needles would be penetrating skin and xe didn't want him getting any infections. «Oh, I almost forgot! I should do this now, it will be easier – here, this is just – your brain is in here, right? I don't know how to ask you where your brain is. I feel like that might make you nervous.» Nonetheless, xe slid a thin piece of metal resembling a headband along his forehead to rest along his temples, then patted his head again. «There, see? This is all very safe.» A quick touch activated it, let xem see on a side screen the way electricity lit up his brain.
Xe swabbed his skin with sanitizing fluid, for the same reason that xe wore the gloves, unwrapping the first needle and mulling over where to put it. The first needle was always hardest, since xe had not the faintest clue yet where his organs were. Organs xe had no desire to penetrate.
With anything.
«I hope this isn't where you keep your kidneys,» xe said, feeling his shoulder before pushing the needle into the hollow of muscle beneath bone. Xe supposed xe'd know if xe'd done anything wrong if he seemed hurt. Xe checked the screen with his brain activity, anyway, to be sure it didn't look like anything unusual was happening. Xe activated the needle, and the screen – previously still displaying the frozen image of xyr own anatomy – suddenly refreshed. Not that it had much of an image to show, but it was enough to see that xe hadn't accidentally poked anything vital.
«I can almost see your heart!» xe said, delighted. «Oh, goodness, look at all those bones. There's so many of them! Some of them are so small!» Xe was already unwrapping another needle to place it in the same spot on the other side of him – and then another for lower along his abdomen, always just within range of where xe could already see. it resulted in a bit of overlap, but that just helped clarify the image – better that than sticking needles in blind.
If Uala had been aware of the existence of acupuncture, xe might have comforted him with the similarity. But then, that would also require xem to be able to communicate things to him successfully.
«Are those your lungs? They're very impressive. That really is all muscle. Roan! I don't know how… I mean. Goodness. Is that…? Why do you have so much intestine! This seems very inefficient! Where is all of your fat hiding! Is it in your legs?» Soft tentacles felt along his hips above his waistband to try and find the best spot for another needle, because he once again had a lot of bones to try and work around. Some of them jutting. Which seemed uncomfortable. When xe'd managed to get them arranged to xyr satisfaction and activated, xe looked to the image that had resolved itself on the screen.
«Well, it isn't perfect, but that's everything down to your… uh.» Xe started to blush green again, full lips pressed together in faint mortification. «Down to your – yes. That.» Xe tilted xyr head to avoid looking directly at the screen – well, one specific part of the screen – and reflexively tried to cover xyr blush with xyr tentacles. Xe stopped short, because the gloves meant xe didn't want to touch xyrself. The tentacles on xyr head curled, not quite covering xyr eyes. «I – oh, no, I'm being very silly, I'm sorry, this is – oh, dear.» Xe made xyr way to the controls with haste. «I'll just save what I have so far and then I can take that off the screen and… and… yes.»
Science had its limits.
The fact that he got so nervous every time xe touched his clothes did not help matters at all. What did he think xe was trying to do? Xe'd tried to reassure him that xe wasn't trying anything… untoward. Apparently he had been thoroughly traumatized. Xe supposed xe might feel the same way.
He also hesitated to get on the table, perhaps for the same reason. Which was much less explicable. "Uala a'ish," xe agreed. «What could I even do with you on a table?» xe asked, mostly to xyrself.
… except his species probably mated very differently. So maybe they could do something on a table, where he was from.
Goodness.
His skin brushed xyrs, and xe withdrew xyr tentacles with a faint flush of green around xyr eyes.
Best not to think about that kind of thing. This was purely scientific. Very scientific. Xe'd examined plenty of specimens before, more thoroughly than this. Xe just had to try and ignore the fact that he was a person. Was all.
Easy.
"Novae?" xe attempted, because he seemed to say that a lot. Maybe xe was wrong – maybe that was his apology word. Maybe he had many apology words. Maybe his people were very polite, because otherwise they would all kill each other with their many enormous muscles. «Here, you're going to have to… hm.» Gently xe coaxed him into a different position so that he could lie down, easier and safer than the alternative. «I'll try not to take too long, okay?» Xe patted cautiously at his skin to encourage him to stay lying there, brushing stray strands of hair from his face before it occurred to xem that xe possibly shouldn't.
Science. Yes. There was science to be doing.
Xe retrieved another set of gloves to sheath xyr tentacles, since needles would be penetrating skin and xe didn't want him getting any infections. «Oh, I almost forgot! I should do this now, it will be easier – here, this is just – your brain is in here, right? I don't know how to ask you where your brain is. I feel like that might make you nervous.» Nonetheless, xe slid a thin piece of metal resembling a headband along his forehead to rest along his temples, then patted his head again. «There, see? This is all very safe.» A quick touch activated it, let xem see on a side screen the way electricity lit up his brain.
Xe swabbed his skin with sanitizing fluid, for the same reason that xe wore the gloves, unwrapping the first needle and mulling over where to put it. The first needle was always hardest, since xe had not the faintest clue yet where his organs were. Organs xe had no desire to penetrate.
With anything.
«I hope this isn't where you keep your kidneys,» xe said, feeling his shoulder before pushing the needle into the hollow of muscle beneath bone. Xe supposed xe'd know if xe'd done anything wrong if he seemed hurt. Xe checked the screen with his brain activity, anyway, to be sure it didn't look like anything unusual was happening. Xe activated the needle, and the screen – previously still displaying the frozen image of xyr own anatomy – suddenly refreshed. Not that it had much of an image to show, but it was enough to see that xe hadn't accidentally poked anything vital.
«I can almost see your heart!» xe said, delighted. «Oh, goodness, look at all those bones. There's so many of them! Some of them are so small!» Xe was already unwrapping another needle to place it in the same spot on the other side of him – and then another for lower along his abdomen, always just within range of where xe could already see. it resulted in a bit of overlap, but that just helped clarify the image – better that than sticking needles in blind.
If Uala had been aware of the existence of acupuncture, xe might have comforted him with the similarity. But then, that would also require xem to be able to communicate things to him successfully.
«Are those your lungs? They're very impressive. That really is all muscle. Roan! I don't know how… I mean. Goodness. Is that…? Why do you have so much intestine! This seems very inefficient! Where is all of your fat hiding! Is it in your legs?» Soft tentacles felt along his hips above his waistband to try and find the best spot for another needle, because he once again had a lot of bones to try and work around. Some of them jutting. Which seemed uncomfortable. When xe'd managed to get them arranged to xyr satisfaction and activated, xe looked to the image that had resolved itself on the screen.
«Well, it isn't perfect, but that's everything down to your… uh.» Xe started to blush green again, full lips pressed together in faint mortification. «Down to your – yes. That.» Xe tilted xyr head to avoid looking directly at the screen – well, one specific part of the screen – and reflexively tried to cover xyr blush with xyr tentacles. Xe stopped short, because the gloves meant xe didn't want to touch xyrself. The tentacles on xyr head curled, not quite covering xyr eyes. «I – oh, no, I'm being very silly, I'm sorry, this is – oh, dear.» Xe made xyr way to the controls with haste. «I'll just save what I have so far and then I can take that off the screen and… and… yes.»
Science had its limits.
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