I've got you under my skin [openish to relevant med bay personnel/parents]

[notlewis]

Luis was a biologist and not a medical doctor, but without a general science laboratory he'd taken to spending most of his time hanging out in the medbay. He didn't do anything stupid like take patients or mess around with equipment that was currently hooked up to patients-- just minded his own business in the back as something of a very enthusiastic lab assistant, studying and taking notes of whatever he could apply himself to.

There was also much less Brainy here than the other lab.

Even though he wasn't a medical doctor, Luis was one of the world's foremost experts on parasitic organisms and strange things that grew inside of human bodies that didn't belong there. And this particular case was a personal favor for a friend-- the case of a 12-year-old girl with something reportedly living in her torso.

"Mucho gusto, Sherry. I'm Dr. Sera," he told her, offering a handshake. "Have a seat up on the table and let's see what we can find, okay?"

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[notlewis]

"Well," Luis said, stepping aside so Sherry could hop down from the table on her own. "Let's just go talk to them and find out. There are a few things I want to do before we get started on your surgery, so it won't be immediately. But I still think the sooner the better. That or you sit around panicking about it."

He motioned for her to follow him back to where Leon and his hot friendClaire were waiting.

[in-venting.livejournal.com]

Sherry hopped off the table and skittered walked after him. She seemed to be stalling, stopping every few seconds to fix her hair, or adjust something on her plantsuit. Well, it was good that the thing was still just chilling out next to... actually, "So where is it sitting? You never said. They just told me it's in my abdomen somewhere."

Maybe she wanted to know, maybe she was stalling for time.

[notlewis]

Yeah, he'd left that part out because most children would be disturbed enough with the idea that there was something growing inside of them, much less where it was.

"It's right here," Luis said, pointing a little to the right of where her navel would be. "Tucked in nice and warm near your intestines. But I don't think it's attached to anything, so it'll be very easy to get out."