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[abortz]

[Bortz is not a chatty person. They aren't a particularly social person, and they aren't at all eager to make new "friends". But they'll submit to this sort of socialization with complete strangers to get information they need.]

Do animals have doctors?
If there is anyone in charge of fixing those of us who break then I need to know in advance rather than waiting until they're actually needed.

[There's a pause, and then they continue, almost begrudgingly.]

I also need to know if anything be done for you people if you're damaged.
If it comes up then there won't be time to figure it out in the moment. I won't waste time trying to help if there's no point.

[They don't care. They really don't, these organics mean nothing to them and frankly, expending effort on them when they have such short, limited lifespans to begin with seems pointless. But this is the job they've been given, and they'll do it right. If that means babysitting these fleshy people then so be it.]

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[grunehexe]

[It's difficult to not flinch upon impact. It's a violent seeming action, the shattering, and despite her experiences since she's joined ALASTAIR and now Hathaway... the fighting in Nalawi, the chimera of Chantes, the ambush in Perdition's Rest... she still couldn't help but be frightened of such things. Of the wounds and the death that came in the wake.

But this... rather than there being no blood, it's the fact that his facial expression remains calm that prevents her from recoiling, from feeling upset at the sight of another's pain, able to watch until the end just curling her fingers tightly in the fabric of her kimono.

Once he offers the finger, though... she can't help but reach for it eagerly, holding it up to the light and admiring the crystal, eyes wide.]

Yes, yes, this will-

[Or, wait, this could be better... she points to the finger somewhat sheepishly.]

Actually... could you break this in half somehow? That way I do not have to call you in every time I'd like to test a compound...

[abortz]

[It looks more like a broken bit of statue when disconnected like that, exposed dark crystal giving way to a stiff, powder-coated digit. Bortz takes it back without awe or question at her request. If that's what she needs, then so be it.

The severed finger is pretty small. It might be hard to get the right leverage. They frown at it for a moment and then place their fingers gingerly at either end. It takes a good amount of careful force and effort, but it eventually snaps with a cracking sound at the joint into two uneven pieces, only a few extra tiny shards falling loose to join their pile.

Damn. Really probably would have been neater. Their frown deepens, but they wordlessly hand the two parts back to her.]

[grunehexe]

[Carefully, containing her urge to explode into movement and begin examining things immediately, Sieglinde accepts the two pieces, laying them in her lap briefly to pull an incongruous piece of equipment in this lab out, a tablet computer, fingers flying over the screen and tapping until she pulls up a drawing application.

It seems rude to ask them to draw with charcoal on paper after breaking off a finger, so the easily done one-finger-touch application seems the better choice.]

Now, could you draw the flower you mentioned. To the best of your ability is fine, we are not all artists.

[She demonstrates how to work the tablet in case they do not know before she offers it, smiling as if to mirror the depth of that frown.]