A rose by any other name would smell as sweet...

[Sendai Riko 0]

A rose by any other name would smell as sweet...

but it still might prefer to be called a rose

 

Ens Mreh K'hal M.D.

 

Dr. K'hal finished up inputting the newest notes and information into the patient files and then slipped into the head. As he was in there, his Caitian ears picked up voices, and he discerned Alex and a female voice that he had yet to hear. Listening for a moment, he heard enough to know that he wasn't needed out there, so he didn't hurry himself. By the time he had finished and re-entered sickbay, they had left. He had missed out on an opportunity to meet a new colleague, but he knew that, sooner or later, it would happen. Dr. K'hal only hoped he had an opportunity to introduce himself before they were both covered in other people's blood.

 

Dr. Pilot had unceremoniously left a while earlier, and had yet to return, and the golden Caitian's ears flattened and his tail whipped around again thinking about him. First, the CMO had showed the audacity to call him Mreh, which he greatly resented, since they did not know each other well enough for something he considered to be a privilege of friendship. Add in the slight of having his hard-earned medical degree completely ignored, and Dr. K'hal was quite annoyed. He was a doctor, and an ensign in Starfleet; both titles had been earned through much suffering and toil, and politeness demanded the use of one or the other, not to mention protocol. Either would suffice, though he preferred to be addressed as "Doctor" even by his colleagues. If, after sufficient time, a friendship formed, then and only then would he want to be called by his given name, and only off-duty at that.

 

So, in a rare foul mood, he returned to the console he had been working at and gathered up the PADD's which he had reset to their ready state for future use. With clockwork clicks, he slapped them neatly onto the shelf and then smartly slid shut the opaque door. He slipped into the shared AMO office and sent out a few messages to some of the crewmen who had been injured during the attack. Informing of them of the time and date of their follow ups, as well as a few extra instructions on how best to shorten their off-duty recovery time, Dr. K'hal also included a follow up for Captain Corizon. Using his tact for the day, though, he had requested and not demanded the follow up, and had been sure to put in "at your convenience." If the Dameon CO was like the rest of the CO's in the fleet, he'd probably completely ignore the request, so Dr. K'hal wasn't really expecting much. Since he had been the one to treat the Captain, it was his obligation to check-up, however. Though he imagined the CMO was probably the Captain's primary physician. If so, he could see Dr. Pilot if he deigned to come down to sickbay, and it certainly wouldn't hurt Dr. K'hal's feelings in the slightest. So long as he didn't call him "Mreh" on the way by.