Being the doctor's assistant was a job that sometimes had thrills, but more often had lulls. When someone was hurt or sick, but not enough to need the help of Voltak, he often found himself sitting to the side, doing paperwork and taking care of small wounds.
Wasn't like he could do what Linada could, so he supposed it made sense that his job was so small, but by Meyneth… He wished it was a little more exciting. Most of the time he found himself wrapping up the wounds of children and asking adults to deal with Mechon more than anything.
Right now, he was stuck wrapping up the arm of Menyx. Usually, Menyx was careful compared to other children, so at least this was a bit of a change. There was more he could ask without knowing the exact answer ahead of time.
"How have you been, Menyx, save the injury?"
"...Okay." Their voice was quiet, as expected. "How have you been?"
"The same as always." He sighed, shaking his head. "Not much to do when most of you know how to keep healthy and happy."
Menyx nodded and for a moment he swore they were staring at the wound, even though he knew children were blind. He took that as a sign of it hurting quite a bit more than they had first let on, but… he would get that out of them in a roundabout way, to ensure they didn't lie.
He put a bit of extra pressure on it as he cleaned it and Menyx hissed a bit, but still said nothing. Bending the arm a bit, however, he got Menyx to let out a whimper and a plea to not do that. Ah, looked like the joint was actually broken.
"When you break a joint, you should say something, you know." He kept his voice soft as he spoke. "That's something only Doctor Linada can take care of, you know."
"I know." They sniffled, wiping their eyes with their good arm. "But she's always so busy and you're so bored. I thought it'd be better if you helped me."
"Come on, no tears like that." He poked their nose before moving to pick them up and carry them towards Linada. "You should be strong, even if your arm hurts, alright? Doctor Linada will be able to fix it in no time."
"I know, but I wasted your time… I'm sorry." They frowned, shaking their head. "I promise not to do it again!"
"Well, as long as you take care of yourself, that's fine." He pat their head, placing them on the bed in the middle of the medbay. "I'll leave you in Linada's care for now. If you do well, I'll give you a piece of scrap metal for your current project, alright?"
They seemed to perk up a bit at that and Voltak thanked Meyneth he was good with children. "Okay, I promise!"
He chuckled, turning to make it back to the waiting line of people needing to see Linada. "Good, I'll see you later, then."