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She was still seemingly healthy outside of being unconscious, so there wasn't much I could say against it.
"She'll be happy," I told him, "When she wakes up. She'll be happy that you're both having a baby."
"If she does not wake, I would rather rip that offspring from her womb to bring her back," he grumbled.
Medic Ul-Ro interjected, "That isn't necessary. They are both healthy at the moment."
"But she is not awake!" Roe-el roared.
"I'm monitoring the situation," Ul-Ro assured. "The scans show that she is taking to your DNA very well, just very slowly. I've seen new tooth growth in her gums, and an accelerated healing rate."
"And her hair?" I questioned as I tugged a chunk of red hair that fell from her scalp.
"Regrowing, stronger. New follicles are forming under the scalp surface. I'm projecting that once it's finished, new hair willgrow quite fast, and her new teeth are likely to be similar to ours. It is necessary to have fangs to feed our offspring."
"I could do that for her." Roe-el objected to waiting for all these changes. "She doesn't need them."
I agreed.
"Yes, well..." Ul-Ro cleared his throat and turned his attention to me. "If you could join me in the other room for a moment, Evie?"
I hesitated, but he insisted, "Commander Roe-el won't let anything happen to her."
I glared at him, because that was obviously the wrong thing to say. He'd already done something to her. But I followed him anyway.
"Has the new harness been working for you well?"
My cheeks turned rosy with embarrassment, but he was a medical professional, so I swallowed that down and nodded. "It's," I cleared my throat, "helping."
My body has absorbed everything, and Ul-Ro explained that I've become very fertile because of the effects of the kengak, a fancy term for unGor seed. Fertility by alien seed is common to cause rutting in most species, and humans were no exception, according to him. And according to my own body, I grumbled.
My body kept making me feel so empty, and when the kengak absorbed, the usual harness wasn't enough.
"Do you need a larger stimulator? Or would you like for me to initiate a low dosage of rut inhibitor?"
I shook my head. "You said that it's likely the root you would give me would do more than end my mating urges..."
Ul-Ro nodded. "It would likely counteract the kengak's effects, including your fertility. But that isn't why I asked to speak with you privately."
"Why then?"
"Chief Wren-Kal has been asking to speak with you. He has made an offering of his blood to adorn your hair, as is a common mating practice for us necia. You are not obligated to receive the offering, but I should tell you he is an honorable male and even in rut, he would wish for you to yearn for him. He refuses to leave his hut, and has made me dose him with elder root beyond its effectiveness to stop a rut, but more knock him out until it's over. He only wishes to be woken if you accept his mating offer."
He was kind to me on the ship, had cared about whether I ate, and if I was comfortable, I thought with worry.
"But he'll be okay once he wakes, right?"
"He is not the first warrior to rut," Ul-Ro assured me with a smile. "You should know, though, that a warrior like him didn't have to go into rut at all. On low doses of the elder root regularly, a warrior can avoid rut altogether, but he went off his regular dosage when he agreed to the mating contract. As he wanted to have a true mate, not just a contracted mate."
"All of that sounds like he is a good man, and I'm sure he'd treat me well..."
"But, you know necia are territorial, and seen through Commander Roe-el that Chief Wren-Kal would likely not accept other mates."
I smiled at Ul-Ro. "You're a very wise medic."
He sighed. "Wise enough to know you humans cannot be swayed by displays of strength or merit of tribal honor. I'm uncertain exactly what your mating conditions are, but I hope to understand them better so I will not be passed up the next time I meet another human."
I laughed. "Why are you so set on mating a human?"
