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Bard looked down at her in consternation and then back up at the human doctor

“What am I supposed to do?”

Dr Olivia frowned

“Well, I would say we could give her a shot of translation bacteria so we could try to explain things to her, but so her with a needle wouldn’t exactly earn her trust Of course, I should be able to understand her language since I’ve had the bacteria myself, but she doesn’t seem inclined to talk to me”

She peered at the girl, as still clinging silently to Bard with her arh he was a tree she had cliave the hulance and then buried her face in Bard’s broad chest again, her grip on hi

The gesture of fear hten like a fist

“Whoa—she’s about to strangle me Think she’s really scared, Doc,” he said to the huirl Nobody’s gonnayou don’t want to”

Dr Olivia nodded

“It seems to me that she’s latched onto you as a source of safety and comfort Until she calet her away from you to examine her”

“Meaning what?” Bard deirl in his arms

Dr Olivia shrugged

“Meaning you’re just going to have to take her hoive you a pill containing the translation bacteria It doesn’t work quite as fast as the shot, but it should still do the job” She handed hie pink pill in it “Once she’s calet her to take it Then you can explain that I only want to examine her and I won’t hurt her”

Bard took the pouch aardly in one hand, since he was still supporting the curvy body clinging to his own He was keenly aware of how this own flapping around her He wanted to tuck it in some and cover the sides of her breasts, but he was afraid of touching her inappropriately

Like having her naked body rubbing against yours isn’t fucking inappropriate enough, whispered a sarcastic little voice in his head