[ Good thing Altaïr added that last bit. She had a glare locked, loaded, and ready to fire his way if he suggested something else. It's eerie how they seem to suspect that too, the way both of their eyes swivel towards him. ]

Maybe we could suggest it to the doctor the next time we see him. But even if we do find that out about Veliki, I'm still not sure what that will reveal why he's like this. This can't have just been some kind of project someone felt like waking up and doing one day, right?

[ No matter how long she thought about it, there wasn't any reason she could come up with that involved creating a hybrid lizard short of saving its life. ]