[Audio:] Wednesday morning after Nem's broadcast.

[damn_it_jim]

McCoy here. I'm out of town so of course something that could use my attention crops up. If you're able to rig up a refrigerated storage room on short notice, talk to me.

It needs to be proofed against scavengers, so to my mind the Ship's a good location, but I'm open to ideas.

Additionally, I'm going to be teaching some of the locals a bit about determining cause of death. If you're not going to faint and land face-first in a resected spleen and this sounds like something you want to learn a little about, let me know.

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[damn_it_jim]

Well, you're hardly likely to trip over one. Like I said, it's necessary but it's not pretty, so it's going to be out of the public eye.

What do you know about anatomy and physiology to start with? I know you were doing some sort of healing during the plague, but did they teach you anything about how the body works, or just how to... whatever it was you were doing.

[fotlenke]

[ She thinks his question over and comes to the conclusion: ] I believe it would be better if I looked through your books and showed you what I know, as our cultures are obviously quite different and I do not want to take too much of your time.

[damn_it_jim]

That would be a good plan, if I had any books with me. The pods didn't see fit to provide 'em, so it's all from memory and training here.

[Of course, if the pods had thought to include a medical reference library, there's a lot of other things he'd have asked for first... like medical equipment. Looking grumpily wistful at this enchanting thought, he pulls himself from the speculation to break the stretched silence.]

Here's what we'll do. Get yourself a pen and paper, or write up a text file and send it on here. Let's start with the digestive system. Write down everything you can think of about what it's made of and how it works. Give yourself a few days -- I'm heading out on the road. Send it to me after that.

[fotlenke]

Aye, Son of McCoy.

[ It will be a lot of work, but worth the pains in the end. Sigyn is confident in this. ]

I shall do as you ask and have papers prepared for you by the day you return to the city.