"I... I suppose," Cassie responded, a troubled frown on her face. "But wouldn't it be easier if you worked with your patients? Both your and their goal is the same at the end of it all anyway. You want to make them better and they want to be better. Oftentimes a lack of cooperation comes about because people are frightened and in pain, so if you address their fear and reassure them that you're only there to help, it turns out to be a better situation all around. It's often that way when working with animals too. They may snap at you as you try to help them, but usually it's just because they're frightened and in pain." Oh, Howard. We need to do some sensitivity training here clearly.

Howard might have been relieved to know that Cassie didn't know what rennet was, but she did wince at the reference to veal although she opted not to comment on it. She'd long since accepted the fact that most of her friends weren't vegetarians like she was and that there wasn't much point in trying to convince them otherwise unless they were willing to listen. It occurred to her that Howard might not be receptive to the idea.

"If they're reproduction process works like Earth mammals then there may only be females present in the herd. Admittedly though, there's no guarantee that their reproduction does work like that, so it's hard to know anything," she commented thoughtfully. "Although I wonder if there were ever calves. Cows don't generally start producing milk until after they've given birth at least once to start the flow of milk."