Helga

Older Hinichi lady. referred first client to Jahir and Vasiht'h on Starbase Veta (even before they had gotten settled in.)

Physical Characteristics

her pelt is whitening around mouth and nose.

Biography

Resident of Veta her whole life, and her daughter and grandchildren also. Widowed (but dating a human widower who makes quilts: Hector Avila). A (former) therapist: "Jahir could appreciate the deftness of her approach, for she knew just how to elicit information without coercion. She had a light touch, their guest. As a therapist she must have been marvelously comforting. An avid listener, with sympathy in her discerning eyes, always ready with a quip when the mood needed lightening or a gentle prompt when they faltered." Formerly worked in her clinic, the Healer's Knot.

Quotes

• "A man of decision! I appreciate such men. One gets to be my age and the action of youth is often all the diversion one needs to maintain one’s zest for living."

• "The unexpected is challenging, and challenge grows us up, young man. Just the sight of you is unexpected enough to challenge a dozen people. You with a centauroid Pelted friend! Yes. My starbase needs you."

• "Definitely a dog. On the assumption that a dog will smell me and defer to me as the enormous, bipedal pack matron. I might not be too old for new experiences, but I am too old to put up with cheek. At least, from an animal."

• "This is my community. I have strong opinions. Particularly about people in my own profession."

• "The property belongs to the therapists who are carrying on my work. It’s a… a piece of continuity. For me, for the city, for the clients who used to come here. You can choose not to say yes to it, if you want to do something different. But I’d like you to have it. I’d feel like it would remind you of what I’d want for Veta."

Trivia

• calls Jahir "young man"