Makanee
Role, aliases, and summary hidden by structure-only view.
Ship's physician (neo-dolphin)
Resists Metz and Takkata-Jim's pressure in sick bay with a verse challenge and a splash, ultimately provides Creideiki's bleak prognosis under duress, then covertly arranges a secret meeting with Akki to counter the conspiracy.
In Startide Rising (David Brin, 1983)