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[It's immediately obvious that this video is being shot outside--in the garden, likely. The setting is somewhat incongruous with Chekov's tendency to post about technology he has been working on, but there he is. Judging from the seventeen year-old's expression, he is prepared to explain something. At length.]

I am not sure if this is of interest to the medical staff of the City's hospital, but I believe I have a device that may be of use to you. I will require the aid of City Solutions to replicate this, but...

[He trails off and pulls a small, boxy item into view. It doesn't look that impressive; honestly, it could pass for an early cell phone if it weren't for the screen.]

This was, originally, a medical tricorder, which I assume has been introduced to the City, since Doctor McCoy had one. Usually they are used only in the field, but a full-sized medical diagnostic array is far beyond me. But I was saying... at home, where I am from, we also have instruments called psychotricorders--specifically programed to display brain activity--that are not typically attached to other devices. Unless I have made a mistake, this is capable of performing all activities that a psychotricorder can, in addition to those of a medical tricorder.

[reluctantly] The data chips may, perhaps, need to be reprogrammed by doctors, the psychotricorder chip especially. I am not a specialist in the field of biochemistry, but it is simple enough to alter the program. I can show a medical professional how.

But how it works is like this. The detachable scanner is used [he removes a smaller device from the back of the modified medical tricorder] to gather readings. The information it gathers is sent to the central processing unit [the midsection of the device is indicated], and the information is displayed on the screen, here. Very simple. Not that the information itself is useful without a doctor or someone sufficiently schooled in interpreting medical readouts to analyze it... make a diagnosis.

Ah, and I have perfected--to the best of my abilities--my early modifications that allow this tricorder to serve also as a dermal and osteogenic regenerator. Only good for small breaks and relatively minor injuries, but useful, I hope. So, with this, physical and psychological diagnoses may be made without intrusive procedures, and some wounds may be fixed in minutes.

[Chekov looks rather pleased with himself. Understandably so, perhaps.]

Please, if you are associated with the hospital and would like to make use of this technology, contact me. I would like to be of help.

Saya, if I may--there was a curse the last time you offered to show me how the Impala works. Would you still be willing to teach me about it?

[And with that, he ends the feed. Chekov will be loitering in Xanadu, should anyone wish to come across him.]

[ooc: Edited on 8/19 to correct factual errors and inexact terms that Chekov would not have made or used.]

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[Chekov can't help but notice Korra; he also can't help but notice that she's favoring one ankle. As such, he can't help but dash up to her with his medical device in hand.]

Korra? Did something happen?

Oh! Hey Chekov.

[Playing it cool, man. Just playing it cool. She grins.]

Took a little tumble while training. My ankle's not thanking me for it.

[Chekov senses a chance to be helpful! Oh, and to try out the device after all of its modifications. He leaps up and dashes over.]

I can help! Is it a sprain?

I....don't know. [She jerks back a bit as he approaches just little too eagerly.] What is that thing?

[Chekov, too eager? What? But he can tell when his enthusiasm isn't entirely welcome and slows down.]

This is a medical tool. [Best to keep it simple after their discussion of spaceships.] It can fix minor injuries.

[Korra looks at it skeptically.]

How?

It emits electromagnetic waves at a frequen--ah. [Right. No technical stuff.] It... makes the body work faster at repairing itself.

That thing can redirect chi? Without water?

[Congrats, Chekov. You've caught her interest.]

[Chi... chi. This is something Chekov has learned about. He thinks it's similar to the Vulcan katra, but... no this is something physical, not spiritual.

Maybe. He goes for it.]

Chi is a form of energy?

[She nods excitedly]

Chi is your life energy. It's what connects you to other people, the environment, and the entire universe. Waterbenders can redirect it to heal wounds.

[Okay, not at all like the katra. He vaguely gets what Korra's after, but the concept--it's too spiritual and abstract for him. Magic, at least, he can compare to known physical forces.]

Life energy. [There is a note of skepticism, but he is curious.] How is this energy in the water? Water is inanimate.

The energy isn't in the water. I mean, certain types of water work better than others but the water is just a tool. [She wishes Master Katara were around to explain. Healing had not been her strong suit as a bender, much less explaining how it worked.] It helps conduct the energy that is inside you.

[This... doesn't clarify anything. In an attempt to avoid being ignorant or asking Korra to try to explain the idea again, he moves on.]

Would you like me to redirect your chi? It does not hurt.

Sure!

[She sounds excited. She has no idea how his little thingy works, but she's definitely interested in seeing it in action.]

Then stay still, please.

[Chekov moves closer to Korra's ankle and holds the medical device's scanner over it. There's a quiet beep, but nothing very exciting happens.]

This is easy to fix. [And he pushes a couple buttons and simply holds the scanner over the ankle in question. Now the machine hums. Really, it's not a thrilling instrument.] One of your peroneal tendons is strained. Mending the ripped tissue will take only a minute.

My what? [Big words, man. Way over her head.]

[The machine heals away. It's a little slow--it has layers of skin to penetrate, after all--but Korra might be feeling a bit of a tingle or itch.]

Tendon. It helps to hold the parts of your ankle together, and sometimes tears if it is stretched the wrong way. Running a lot rips it up very slowly, too, but it takes time for that to begin hurting.

[Speaking from experience. The machine stops humming; Chekov scans Korra's ankle one more time and looks satisfied with the results.]

It's fixed, I think. What did you do to hurt it?

[Korra tests it out gently, and is surprised to find it all healed up. Only Master Katara had ever been able to heal injuries that thoroughly, that fast.]

I was doing some spin kicks and landed wrong.

Spin kicks?

[WIDE-EYED ADMIRATION.]

Is that what you do? Advanced hand-to-hand combat?

[ADMIRATION. She likes that. She's gotten so used to being hated or feared or manipulated & used for her power, it's nice to be reminded that some people think she's just cool.]

Yeah. I've mastered three forms [a shadow flits across her face -- but she can do the water, earth, and fire forms, even if they have no bending power behind them] and am training in a fourth. Are you a martial artist?

[Of course there's admiration! That makes Korra at least as badass as Sulu, who is basically the most badass person Chekov knows when it comes to fighting.]

May I see them, someday?

[And admiration morphs into something that's not quite embarrassment.]

Ah, no. Phasers, I am not bad with, but I'm not good at fighting. I passed combat courses by being very quick and sneaky, which is nothing like fighting.

What are you talking about? [WTF are "phasers"?] Being quick and sneaky are very important to fighting. That's how airbenders do it.

[She grins.] I'm not much for being sneaky, myself, but it doesn't matter how strong you are if you're slow.

Airbenders? Do they use air to channel [what's the word dammit] chi?

[Korra gets a return smile. Chekov kind of guessed that stealth wasn't her strong suit.] That is true. If you are strong, though, there is little need to be elusive.

[She laughs a little.]

No, we use chi to channel air.

We could work on your fighting, if you want.

Ah--sorry. Will you explain the relationship to me someday?

[OH. YES. Fighting!]

You would be willing to do that? I know that you will not benefit from it.

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