text

[forwardmomentum]

Miles here. I know our medical staff here is limited, but does anyone on board have any experience with orthopedics? Due to a recent unforeseen medical development, some old physical problems have resurfaced, and I'm in need of a pair of leg braces. I've got brittle bones, and they help keep my legs from breaking quite so easily. I could do without the limp, too. I haven't needed the braces the last few years until now, so naturally, I don't have them here.

I don't expect anyone to make a pro bono offer, but I'd be happy to work out some kind of a trade. Just...sooner rather than later.

Comments

[peridork]

Are you being "sarcastic" now? I'm legitimately unsure, it's more difficult to tell when the conversation is in written word rather than spoken.

It's just that, "brittle" is a word that I'd use to describe just about any kind of bone, so the very idea that some can be even more brittle than the average is just downright hilarious.

[forwardmomentum]

The very idea that your grasp on sarcasm is even more limited than any other gem I've met is downright hilarious, if you ask me.

Would you like a demonstration? I can snap one of my own finger bones like a twig. Makes for a neat party trick.

[peridork]

That attempted insult lacks weight when I know for certain that the only other gem you can possibly have interacted with is Jasper.

[The Steven doesn't count, in her opinion. He's some kind of freaky hybrid, anyway.]

Anyway. I may be able to assist you. The Indogene and I are supposed to be collaborating to create "prosthetic" limbs, and I can't imagine that what you're asking for would be very different.

[forwardmomentum]

And yet she still far outstrips you in that department. It's a sufficient sample size for my analysis.

Much though I would be humbled to accept your charity, I've already received a compelling offer from another bidder. So unless yours involves a side bonus of compensatory tact, I think I'll pass.

[peridork]

Fine. If you'd rather put your brittle human skeletal structure in the hands of some mediocre human instead of enlisting the services of one of Homeworld's natural-made technicians, that's your prerogative, I guess.

[forwardmomentum]

Oh, Hiro is far from mediocre. In fact you should talk to him sometime. From what I hear, kid's a genius.

Why are you so interested in helping a weak, inferior human, anyway? Ego need a little boosting?

[ a little salty about peridot's commentary on the human body? maybe. ]