"They ache. They hurt a great deal when I first clipped them, but now they ache and my forearms are irritated." He tilts his head as he looks at his forearms. "I'm having customized protective guards for them made. So if you're unable to it won't be too much trouble. I'm mostly interested in what they have given you to deal with xenian emergency situations.

"I'm a human subspecies, but still unlike enough that some treatments could cause difficulties."