Lorra was about in the spaces of the frigate that the Ixian had claimed as her own, replete with all the facilities and armature of her profession. The events of the last few days has been a mixture of the expected boredom and somewhat less expected terror. At least here, surrounded by the gleaming ...

Lorra appeared, for once. The doctor had mostly kept to herself but today was, perhaps, different.

"Rats do spread disease, as well." Lorra pointed out, extending the metaphor limply. So did people, she ruminated to herself. "So there is wisdom in seeking control of such populations."

"And if there is a profit to be made, so much the better for the Guild's interests, hm?"

What was a little mental trauma? There were wrong-headed whispers and muttering from failed malcontents that Imperial Conditioning was nothing but mental trauma writ large: Mohandas Suk's - himself traumatized by the things he had seen and done during the Jihad - final gift, a surety of peace for th...

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"Rats are equally well-adapted." Soo-soo scoffed, but then brightened. "Thinking about dissecting one?" "A rat? No. I would learn nothing from it." Lorra said without even thinking about it. The thought process that would countenance dissecting a Fremen was blocked from going through in her mind.

Hope was a fragile thing. Unlike her companions, Lorra spent most of her time locked away in labs and clinics, miles away from overt threats - going into the lair of psychopaths was definitely out of her comfort zone. She was keeping it together, for now, but only just barely. And it showed. ----- D...

He didn't protest a Suk's intervention. "The hand is in the groundcar." He said impassively. He apparently had collected it. Sending someone to retrieve the hand, if indeed it had not already been...at hand... Lorra examined the erstwhile extremity. "It appears salvageable. We must get it, and you,...

"The food is intimidating, I can give you that. Snails' and pigs' genes intertwined by the Tleilaxu... The creature must be supremely disgusting. And yet, this is the sweetest meat in the Imperium, worthy of the Padishah's table. But isn't this planet such a slig too?" 'Soo-soo' grinned in delight ...

Now who else was there but the good doctor herself.

It's usually not a good sign to pre-emptively seek the expertise of a physician, but well, she was requested and a contract is a contract.

"I have not. I found the colors to be intimidating." It was commonplace in nature, after all, that the more vibrantly colorful something was, then generally the more one ought not to eat it. Colorfulness correlated with venomousness, as true among the worlds of the Imperium as it was on Earth. "Thou...

Qobat waited patiently, looking away from his stump, as if scorning it. "If your hand is still about, there may be a chance it could be saved, reattached, and perhaps, full use of it may be restored." Lorra pointed out, noting how relatively clean the cut was. The cauterization may cause some troub...

The thopter alighted on the nearest patch of reasonably stable sand. Lorra disembarked and made her way over to the group, quickly glancing among the assembled...that qualified for her attentions. She moved to assess Qobat's injuries, asking the rest of the assembled, "Has anyone else been injured?"...

Contrary to the previous day, the Ixian doctor is early this time, as if to make up for lost time.

"As you say." Giant sandworm anatomy was not a subject of much study at the Suk school, nor one she had pursued much upon graduation. There were other concerns. "Though, metal and the other components of machinery make for poor nutrition for many living things. Surely there must be other prey animal...

Carthag!

"I have a diversified portfolio. In a place like Arrakis, there is often a near zero-sum economic game as people live according to necessity rather than whim. When some businesses go up, others go down. All other things being equal, interest is a stable surplus." The man grinned, pointing across th...

Lorra examined the earpiece she was handed. Fascinating. The model was familiar to her.

She ran a thumb across the smooth lines of the earpiece before fitting it in and listening.

"Good evening, doctor. A Suk professional is a rare view on Arrakis. Wealth flows from here, to here - less so." "An astute observation. My services are required, though, and so here I am." Lorra's eyes scanned about the room even as she spoke to the Guildsman. "Has this been a profitable quarter f...

Demonstrate Ixian technology and what do you know, they just appear. Lorra had been otherwise engaged, but fate determined this was a good a time as any for the good doctor to make her appearance. She arrived and nodded to the Londine nous who had planned this whole thing and, like a good Ixian, pro...

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The idea of cleaning your hands with water before doing anything like eating - or medical procedures - wasn't alien to the Ixian doctor. It could be especially annoying how objectionable patients could be when this step was overlooked. Or omitted. Regardless, she wondered how clean this cleaning rit...