An introduction

[bettern_errol]

Kurt leads Hank over to a small room in the non-place of the Nexus. It is hexagonal and contains nothing but two chairs across from a table surface that stands not on legs but suspended by four chains from the ceiling. On it, is a white rat. He closes the door behind them and goes to the table

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[dr_hankmccoy]

Hank follows Kurt into the private space interested in his surroundings less than the problem Kurt has approached him with. At the introduction the good Doctor arches his eyebrows and purses his lips, idlly offering the rodent an oversize furry finger.
" Fine example though he may be, am I to suppose that Cecil is not usually of the genusRattus?"

[anony_mice]

Cecil moves to the edge of the table and takes the offered finger with his own small hands. It's not quite a handshake, but it's as close as he can get right now. After seeing Kurt and several of the Nexus' other more interesting looking regulars, Hank's appearance doesn't quite surprise Cecil.

"A pleasure to meet you, doctor. And no... usually I'm much more human than this."

[dr_hankmccoy]

"Ah, if nothing else the perceptional transition must be disorienting. The scale of your surroundings, my presence least of all, do let me know if you are uncomfortable."

Hank takes the opportunity to crouch, bringing himself more or less level with the table top, mindful of Cecil's external auditory meatus.

"Perhaps you might expound on the origin of your current distress so we can develop a plan of attack on getting you back to your old self, if that is indeed what you wish?"

[bettern_errol]

Kurt settles into a chair, curling up and gripping the edge of the table with his toes, tail looping idly around one of the chains.

"It is more an issue that this form is affecting more than his physical senses. The rat's brain may not be able to contain the man's mind," Kurt nods, encouraging Cecil to tell Hank what the rat had told him earlier.