She was skilled labor, a specialist in a highly trained profession. Not only did a pediatrician have to undergo a lot of schooling before practicing medicine, they had to continue that schooling all the time they practiced medicine.
Between what had happened in the courts, and her previous Master, things had gotten rather bad for her. In order to receive her testimony in court, she'd had to be medicated. Her body had healed, her mind had taken a little work.
Adding some treatment wasn't that hard, and the Clerk knew just the person to take the foundation already built and put a little something together.
The doctor was made ready for her new owner, and she was aware of every bit of it. From the evening out of an uneven cut of hair that hid a scalp wound, to the smoothing of skin, to easing the idea of having a young and inexperienced owner - the physician was gradually made ready for her delivery.
She already regarded Makoto as a new friend, and that relationship would deepen. Eventually she'd be examined and returned to full duty as a physician, but until then she was Light Duty. Which was quite all right with her.
She was quite curious about the new owner, and was uncertain about her status with someone who was apparently on the move, but Makoto assured her that if the physician couldn't carry that heavy pack - she could.
"You did what?" asked Ranma, just knowing that his stupid father would give him grief about that.
"Hmph," said Genma, not particularly liking this. Another mouth to feed and provide for.
Makoto began sketching out the details and something unusual occurred.
"Hmmm, sounds like a good deal," admitted Genma.
Makoto wondered if she'd missed something. If Ranma's father thought it was a good idea, there must have been something wrong with the arrangement after all.
"Whatcha mean, Pops?" asked Ranma.
"A bargain is a bargain," said Genma. "If you've got her at the Light Duty Unskilled rate, then she regains her status as a physician, you can then allow a buyout of her contract with a major jump in cost."
"Ah," said Makoto. Genma saw it as a 'get rich quick' scheme. No wonder.
Ranma shrugged. It sounded like the doctor had gone through a tough time. He wasn't sure what he was going to do with a doctor, but he had been letting Makoto manage his money and she'd been able to stretch it further than he could. "All right. She ready?"
"She'll just be a few moments," explained Makoto. "Apparently she's got some supplies."
Bing! Bing! Bing! "Mail call!"
Ami checked her computer, and sure enough she had a new e-mail and it looked like the spam filter was working. Seeing the from address, she quickly opened it and checked the contents.
Her mother had been sold with her remaining contract time to a martial artist named Ranma Saotome.
Ami's eyes widened as she took in the relevant data. Sixteen years old?
(Posted Sat, 11 Sep 2004 11:10)
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