Dr. Vickall welcod Maggie into Sickbay. "How are you feeling, Ms. Palr?"
"Um, my health is great so far. Thank you for taking care of ."
"Are you prepared for your brain augntation?"
"Yes."
"Has Nick described the side-effects to you?" The red-skinned doctor began fiddling with so sort of dical instrunt.
"Yes. He's definitely gotten smarter, by the way."
"That's good to hear. The ti required varies. Usually this is done during puberty, for Goldaskians, and it can take a dozen days in so cases."
There was a brief pause as Dr. Vickall puttered with equipnt. "Please sit up on the table." Maggie did so.
It took her a minute to work up her courage, but finally, she cleared her throat. "Dr. Vickall, may I ask you so personal questions?"
"You may always ask. What would you like to know?"
"You are in a relationship with Nick, right?"
The doctor looked at her in surprise. "Not an emotional one. And not a physical one either, any more."
I wonder how well he understood that. 'The personality of a house cat,' he said. Then she focused on the last part. "You're not having sex with him any more?"
"No. Nick told in advance that he would no longer be interested in sex with if I began having sex with another man. I had sex with Jack Smith last night. Nick did not get as emotional about it as he had predicted that he would, when I told him. I expect that it helped that I inford him before taking Jack."
"Uh, yeah, what you did is called breaking up, which is definitely better than cheating."
"I see. May I ask personal questions as well, Ms. Palr?"
"Um, of course. And you can call Maggie, if you like."
"You can call Sana, then. Do you practice serial monogamy like Nick does?" the doctor asked curiously.
Maggie blinked. "Yes. It is common, but not universal among humans."
"So I have collected. You and Nick have known each other a long ti on Earth, I understand."
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"Yes. Most of our lives, in fact."
"Have you had sex with Nick in the past?"
Maggie went rigid, then forced herself to relax. "No."
"Why not?" Sana sounded curious.
"At first, because we were too young. Nick also has trouble trusting others, because of his father. It was all I could do to drag him out to be social with a small number of friends."
"Were you aware of his health condition?"
"You an his depression? Yes. That was another reason. I'm the one who pushed him to get on dication."
"That was good for him, if a bit primitive. Praise to you."
"Thank you," Maggie said, ntally filing the idiom.
"Are you planning to have sex with Nick, now that he is no longer having sex with anyone else?"
She really doesn't care about Nick, or , one way or the other. She's just curious. She's also an information source. I should use that. She cleared her throat and answered honestly. "Yes."
"I would ask him quickly. Two of the other human won aboard have expressed interest in sex with him."
"I already did. He...didn't give an answer, yet."
Sana arched an eyebrow. "Interesting."
"How...did you get him to sleep with you?"
"We didn't sleep together. I like to sleep alone."
Maggie blinked. "Um, I an, how did you convince him to have sex with you?"
"Ah, right. Nick even taught that idiom, and I forgot. My apologies. As for your question, well, he was hesitant, because we are alien to each other. Neither of us had many other options for sex for much of the past year, though, so it was convenient. I invited him to my cabin for food and conversation, and I wore a provocative dress. That, loneliness, and curiosity, helped to convince him to experint with ."
Maggie ntally went through her wardrobe, wondering whether her most provocative clothing would help. She eyed the Goldaskian woman's fit figure. Her own didn't compare well. I need to do sothing about this. The doctor approached her with a device in hand.
She took a deep breath. "Do you have any suggestions for to help seduce Nick?"
Sana paused. "Petra?" she asked aloud.
"Yes, Doctor?" the alien device's voice sounded from speakers in the room. She really is listening all the ti, Maggie reminded herself.
"Has Nick viewed any pornographic material since we arrived at Earth?"
Maggie's eyes got wide.
"No."
"Has he looked at provocative images of human won since we arrived?"
"Yes."
"Please show us images from that sa material." Pictures of several models appeared on one wall.
"Does Nick know you can do that?" Maggie asked in a whisper.
Sana shrugged one shoulder. "He gave at least one of us permission to see this at so point, whether he realized it or not. If he doesn't want us to look, he should be more careful with his instructions to Petra. Now, let's see...I didn't bother with body reshaping for Nick's benefit, but based on his description, I did program so clothing that looked sowhat like that," she declared, pointing at one image in particular.
Maggie bit her lip. This is totally an invasion of his privacy, but there is no way I can not use this information. I need all the help I can get.
Then she ntally replayed so of what the doctor had just said. "Body reshaping?" she asked. "Like, breast implants or sothing?"
"Yes, but we have much better dical technology than that. Changing one's body is fairly simple."
I don't know if I'd want to go that far...but...well, maybe. This is for Nick. For us. And if we travel the galaxy, I won't have to worry about other human males staring at . Maggie ntally stomped on her inner militant feminist. Special circumstances. She thought about Jillian Mason and Alyssa the Fake, and how Nick's gaze had wandered over them before he noticed her noticing.
Desperate tis. She took a deep breath.
"So...hypothetically speaking, what are my options?"
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