Why are they called fingers if they don't fing? [video]

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[When Brainy turns his omnicom on, he's clearly still in his bed in Medbay. One of the little hover devices is nearby, dangling multiple IV bags that are attached to a cuff on the wrist he's not holding the omnicom with. His hand seems fixed up a little but is still heavily bandaged. The swelling on his face is gone and while he still has some visible darker green bruising, it's clearly healing well.]

[For a moment, he opens his mouth as if he's going to speak. Stops. Opens it again. Stops. Then the train of thought finally leaves the station.]

Fun fact: Coluan neurobiology is quite complicated. Our neurochemicals loathe any competition; how dare those zeta-opioid receptor agonists presume to tell them what to do? Even when they're specifically formulated for my species, it takes very high doses of conventional pain killers to affect the average Coluan's mental state.

[A pause.]

Apropos of nothing, has anyone else noticed the walls of the outpost moving lately?

[He reaches out his hand towards a wall, just sort of vaguely flailing, as if he expects it to be closer than it is.]