getting nervous. -We'll start with a general examination. Yes, yes.- The man straightened up and looked at the patient for a moment.- Stand with your legs slightly apart, arms down at your sides.
Draco obediently followed the instructions. The doctor first examined the dragon thoroughly from head to toe. Then he checked his joints and bones one by one, and finally asked Draco to bend over so he could look at his spine. In the meantime, he paused every now and then to write something in his book. Interestingly, the doctor's hands were not rough as the reptile had expected; it turned out that his fingers were very delicate and nimble. Once he had examined the boy thoroughly, he spent a long time writing and muttering something incomprehensible to himself.
It all took so long that Draco had time to get used to the healer, and his subconscious fear gave way first to a shy interest in the doctor's work, and then to a budding respect for Dr Herpetes' professionalism. The dragon noticed that the healer had written almost an entire page of text, crossing out his previous notes one by one.
-Good, good, the doctor finally muttered.- Now sit up straight, please, and I'll check your reflexes.
-Yes, doctor.
Draco quickly jumped onto the stone table, trying not to grimace, because even for him it was unpleasantly cold, and the thin fabric of his shorts did not particularly protect him from it. Clearly, the rock block was covered with magical spells unpleasantly reminiscent of something that might be useful on a dissection table. The dragon straightened up and froze in a stiff position.
-Reflexes, yes, reflexes.- The doctor took a small hammer out of his coat pocket and tapped the dragon's knee lightly. Draco watched with curiosity as nothing happened.- Hmmm...- Doctor Herpetes rubbed his chin, looked at the hammer, then at Draco, and back at the tool he was holding. - Dragon. - He muttered briefly and tapped harder and in a slightly different place. This time it elicited the correct reflex. The doctor checked the other reflexes
