[Gretin]

Ralph was turning back towards Molt on the table when he realised Slap was trying to tell him something again. Turning to read what Slap had requested, he answered, "Well, actually I don't know that mudokon either, but I'll ask her anyway."

Then Praetyre intervened with his "Don't alert her please."
Hiding his annoyance, Ralph asked, "And why not?"
But the Vykker had already gone over and started speaking to the mudokon. He rolled his eyes; if his guess was right from how she (Anni) had behaved when they'd first brought her here, he figured that she wouldn't exactly be over-joyous at this Vykker now.
He turned back to Slap,
"Looks like everything here is under control, and it sounds like your patient needs you again."
There was something about that intern he liked, though he couldn't quite figure out what it was...

<•-•-•-•-•>

Hembar looked just as surprised as Isaac to hear the paramite speaking. Isaac started babbling: "Am I to assume Paramites speak too? Huh?" and Hembar shook her head, saying "No, I've never hea-"
But she was cut off as Isaac then seemed to suffer a huge panic attack!
"Whoa, calm down there!" she put a hand on his shoulder. But then he went running after the paramite, who had decided to leave, crying something about a mudokon being shot and taken to vykkers.

That doesn't sound good, she thought. She paid no attention to the other mudokon (Joe) choosing this moment to run off, and instead followed after Isaac and Somi.