"Would a destroyer do? She's sitting four hours
ahead of us,
waiting; not only Nurses, but four Doctors! And, extra medical
equipment."
18 "She'll do fine!" agreed Morn. "Tell them to crank up their life
support to maximum."
19 Five hours later the destroyer was docked and the Nurses were in
each cabin of the cruiser tending to the children. But the children put
up such a commotion whenever the crewmen assigned to them tried to
leave, they couldn't remove any of them to the destroyer.
20 "Leave them where they are," ordered the Doctor. "They can't take
any more emotional strain! At least with the Nurses to help them, the
men can get some sleep."
21 The other Doctors, especially the Psychiatrists, agreed. Let the
children stay with those they had become attached to. They were only
beginning to function in a normal manner again.
22 Morn's Doctor had been on his feet almost the whole time since they
had landed at the pod. Now, with other hands to do his work, exhaustion
took its toll. With the little girl that had been his constant
companion snuggled up to his side, he slept most of the way in, the
other Doctors disturbing him only for the worst emergencies. The
hero worship in their young eyes filled Morn with pride for his
Medical Man.
23 "We don't know how he did it," the other Doctors told Morn, he
should have lost half of them. To lose the few you did was a miracle!"
24 "Sometimes," Morn told them, "miracles come packaged in the body of
a small, unassuming man that puts his heart and soul into an effort."
25 Without doubt Morn would put his entire Medical Staff up for a
commendation. Fleet would have little trouble answering his request.
Already they had his primary report and his request for instructions on
how to dispose of the children. "The local authorities," said Morn,
"have already
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