Hug. 

Hug.

When the doctor comes her hair has been washed and she is building tall block towers while her parents pace the entry hall worriedly.

The doctor is punctual - a few minutes early actually - and knocks on the door.

Pacing parents go and get the door. "Thank you for coming. I'm Kan Neli."

"Antulo Kemka. Of course, I'm happy to be here." Smile. Slightly nervous smile.

Well that makes three of them but the blues are better at hiding it. "Come on in."

In he comes. "You didn't specify what about medicine interested your daughter but next time I can bring more appropriate materials to whatever it is -"

Aitim sits down. "Lintalai is one. Or, well, we think so. She was found a week ago in a basket on someone's doorstep, with no memory of anything before she arrived there. I am sure she will ask you endless questions about medicine but our goal here is to arrange a confidential inquiry into where she came from."

"...isn't that a forensic matter?"

"If we need to hire someone for that as well, we can."

"I... probably have enough of an in left at the lab to get her a DNA test, but I'm not sure I understand what you're looking for..."

"I'm worried that something unusual will come up if we take her to a doctor, so we haven't yet. So - medical care, but with some assurance that if anything unusual does come up her privacy would be protected, and then we can figure out what to do from there depending how unusual things look."

"...something unusual?"

They glance at each other.

"She says she's an alien."

"That... doesn't seem like a surprising belief for an amnesiac child to latch onto..."

"She cut herself, and her blood was not red."

"...that I can't explain. I was only ever licensed to practice on Amentans..."

"I don't think there's anybody licensed to practice on, uh, mysteries. If your conclusion once you've talked to her and - checked whatever it is reasonable to check - is that you cannot responsibly do or recommend more than that, that's fine."

"...right. I don't have exam materials with me - or any I can easily access, although I could buy a housecall kit -"

"That sounds useful. I can set up an expense account."

Nod. "I can come back later this afternoon with it?"

"Thank you."

"Of course. Is there anything else I should know before I go?"