The wheel chair whirred down the nice wide side walk of the Riverview Clinic. Spring was starting to work it's way into Rhydin's weather. Fleet's pale blue eyes took in the peaceful surroundings. He was getting ideas for his own clinic. In his lap, Myrlene was making doodles on his clip board. He just chuckled and told her that she would be an artist just like himself.

The wheel chair came to a stop at the front door, and with some help from a passing orderly, Fleet managed to get into the reception room. He wheeled up to the reception desk and waited patiently. Myrlene kept trying to chew on his pen. He removed it and gave her a milkbone instead. The receptionist looked busy.

After a few minutes, the woman behind the counter looked over at Fleet with a surprised look. Fleet just grinned and guessed he was the first Lupinossi to come to the clinic.

Fleet bowed his head. "Fleetwolf, Healer of Whisper Paws Clinic, and Myrlene Wolf-Spiritor, my daughter. We are both here for an appointment with Doctor Maranya." He gave out the information clearly.

The receptionist nodded, turned for paper work, looked at him again with raised eyebrows and handed him a clip board. *Fill these out while I page Doctor Maranya, and see about a room for your exam.*

Nodding a thanks, he maneuvered the wheel chair to the waiting room, and began filling out the paperwork for him and Myrlene. The other patients found him intriguing as well.

Fleet did his best no to twitch much during the scans. His ears flicked back and forth at all the ticking noises heard. He was thankful for the orderly giving him assistance during the exam. He could hear Myrlene laughing and oohing and aaaahhhing over things.

He just smiled and focused on staying still for the scans.

Maranya smiled down at the Lupiniossi girl on her hip. "Da, Myrlene, your Papa is going into the machine to get his tests. But he will be right back. They don't hurt a bit."

She pressed a kiss to the top of the purple furred girl's head. "You'll get to do it, too. It's fun. But you'll have to stay really still, like your Papa is, so the machine can take a good picture of your insides."

With a bouncing step, the Good Doctor carried Myrlene over to the monitor, which displayed in real time high resolution three dimensional color Fleet's internal anatomy as he passed through the USCT scanner. "See? That's your Papa's insides. There are his lungs, and that's his heart." She pointed to the areas on the monitor for the girl with her ringed hand's index finger. "You have those too, right here." She gave a gentle poke to the girl's chest with the tip of her index finger, purely for the express purpose of provoking some giggles. "Only, yours are smaller, because you're younger."

Maranya gave Myrlene a fond smile. "Da, of course you will grow up. But, you will be a big and strong woman. Your Papa is a man."

Her hazel eyed gaze turned to the monitor once again to study the results, before she returned her attention to the Lupiniossi girl. "You are all those things, Myrlene. Brave, loving, and very, very smart."

The Good Doctor took a deep breath before she continued, "Da, he will walk again, once Star works on his new arm and leg. It will take your Papa time to get used to them, but I am quite confident that he will soon be chasing you around the room like he always has."

"You're my big brave girl, Myrlene." Maranya headed over to father and daughter, and carefully scooped up the Lupiniossi girl in her arms. "I promise that this won't hurt a bit. You just have to lie still for a few minutes, and it'll be over before you know it."

She gently laid the girl down on the exam table, and moved to the control panel to check the calibrations for the scan. One minor change to the scan protocol was made for the comfort of her young patient. Instead of the girl moving into a dark tunnel during the scan, the inside scanner walls were lit with tiny rainbow hued lights. Those lights did not affect the quality of the scan, but they were there to insure that the girl would not suffer unnecessary trauma due to being frightened by the dark.

Doctor Valkonan pushed the button, and Myrlene slid with a soft hum of the exam table into the USCT scanner.

Maranya smiled with pride as she watched Myrlene go through the scanner without complaint. Once the testing was over, she pushed the button to slide the exam bed back out.

"Perfect job, sweetheart. You took that test a lot better than some of my patients do, including some adults."

She reached out to take the Lupiniossi girl back into her arms, and gave her a hug for a job well done.

"Now that the hard part is over with, I'll be giving the results to Star to look over. How about we all go down to the cafeteria for a treat' If that's fine with your papa, of course." Maranya looked over to Fleet for confirmation.

Maranya's laughter spilled forth, rich and full. "Da, of course we have a gift shop here. I'm quite sure that you can locate a special friend for an equally special young girl that I'm quite fond of."

She smiled down at the girl who bounced energetically on her sea blue scrubs covered hip. "So then, shall we all go to help you pick out your special friend, Myrlene?"

Maranya's dance step carried the pair over to the pile of stuffed animals. She held Myrlene over the pile so that the girl could tug out the particular stuffed animal she wanted with ease.

"There you go, sweetheart. Easy now. Careful."

The Good Doctor smiled when Myrlene tugged the gray plush wolf free from the other colorful stuffed animals.

"Oh, he's adorable. What are you going to name him?"

Maranya smiled with Myrlene's responses. "Oh, I see. Well met, then, Tinn." She solemnly shook the stuffed wolf's paw. "That is a fine trait to have, to be able to breathe fire. Of course, you must be careful, and not hurt anyone by burning them. Especially not Myrlene, as she is a good friend of mine."

The Good Doctor looked between the father and daughter. "Once we get Tinn paid for, how about that treat?"

Maranya laughed, rich and full, as they left the gift shop. "On that, Fleet, we are most definitely in agreement. Myrlene reminds me of another little girl I know. Only, Maggie's special friend is named Mr. Bear and, as far as I know, is just a bear. Nothing quite as grand as a wolf who can breathe fire."

She settled Myrlene and now Tinn comfortably on her hip once again, and walked with that dance-bounce step down the corridor on the way to the cafeteria, careful of course to keep her pace matched to Fleet's in his wheelchair.