OOC: Yes Slaveless, Dek was bragging. Hey, a little embellishment never hurt anyone, did it?
IC:
Dek had noticed the XRays too, and started to worry. First he spun round to look at Anni's friends, and he tried his best to explain to them, giving Praetyre a "Don't tell them too much" look.
"You know full well what is wrong with Anni, the 2 bullet wounds in hjer. It;'s just that myself and my colleague have never seen X-Rays of a live female mudokon like Anni before, so he was a little confused. We just need to discuss how we will operate, back in a second!"
Dek quickly spun round, grabbed Praetyre by his neck and marched him into the large equipment storage room. (OOC: Is it OK for Dek to do that, Patrick?).
"Watch it, for Odd's sake! I saw the X--Rays as clearly as you did, but for goodness sake, don't go telling anybody else about this! Only tell those who need to know, that doesn't include Kix or Ralph. And as for Anni, listen. I know as well as you do how urgent this is, but I must point out 2 things: 1, we need to treat Anni, informing people about her will only have the higher-ups whisk her off and start a national panic. And trust me, if it gets out about Anni, the freed Mudokon terorrists will find out as well. Secondly, we have another solution - tell nobody, and in the course of the operation, think of an excuse to operate there and de-fertilise her. That way everything carries on as normal, or as normal as possible."
Dek was wringing all 4 of his hands in worry, his past jobs here had been troubling enough, this was a new level again.
He yelled back into the other room "Arthur! I suggest you anaesthetise Anni ,we don't want her awake while operating."
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Arthur heard Dek's call, and he moved to the anaesthetiser. The mask was already over Anni's face, but in the hassle it hadn't been turned on. Arthur flipped the machine on, and stepped back, looking on in a mix of worry and intrigue.