"I am," Branch said, wincing from the next cold touch that was closer to his ribs. He had already been through numerous tests, pokes, and awkward feels with Dr. Moonbloom and he was beginning to tire of her antics. Creek and King Peppy were on the other side of the pod preparing dinner for the rest of them in the kitchen while he was stuck in the bedroom being groped like a lab rat by a troll who claimed to have a medical degree. The tests were long and tedious, and most of them didn't make much sense, but it gave Poppy enough time to run down to his survival bunker and fetch a few things that he needed since they unanimously decided that Branch was going to be recuperating in Creek's pod until the bunker was cleaned and repaired.